Bamboo is a most sustainable material that can be used to make a lot of things from toothpicks to bio-fuel and a lot more in between. It is also one of the best if not the best solution to the catastrophic problem of climate change aka global warming.

1. “Help Save the World
with Bamboo”
By
Dr. Segundino U. Foronda, Ph.D.
Forester, Inventor & Forest Products Specialist
E-mail: drdino.foronda@gmail.com
Democracy “Mr. 8” Icawalo
INBAR Alumnus & Bamboo Advocate
E-mail: mr8ph@yahoo.com

2. If you don't know that much
about bamboo,

3. then be ready,

4. to fall in love,

5. with this miracle grass, because

6. Bamboo is a sustainable
material that can be used to
make a lot of things.

9. But bamboo still has other uses
the top of which is that it could be
one of the best solutions if not the
best to address the climate change
problem!

10. What is Climate Change?

11. • Climate Change refers to any change in climate
over time whether due to natural variability or as a
result of human activity or changing levels of
Green House Gases (GHGs).
• It describes the short and long term effects on the
earth’s climate as a result of human activities such
as fossil fuel combustion and vegetation clearing
and burning.
• It is also now referred to as GLOBAL WARMING.
CLIMATE CHANGE

12. Causes of Climate Change
1. Wanton utilization of fossil fuels
(Power Plants, vehicles, factories, etc)

13. 2. Deforestation

14. Effects of Climate Change
• Pollution of water, air and soil
• Polar ice caps melting
• Negative economic consequences
• Increased extreme weather conditions
• Spread of diseases
• Landscape changes
• Adverse effects on agriculture and food supply

15. CO2 Level

16. Time Frame
This means that we have up to year
2040 to solve this would be
catastrophe if ever!

17. As of the first week of May
2013, the latest reading by the
Scripps Institution was already
400-ppm.

18. “The 400-ppm threshold is a
sobering milestone and should
serve as a wake-up call for all of us
to support clean energy technology
and reduce emissions of
greenhouse gases before it is too
late for our children and
grandchildren.”-Tim Lueker of the
Scripps Institution

19. July-August 2013 Heat Wave
Dried up pond in Shaogang County, Hunan
province after 40 days of no rainfall starting
June 20, 2013.

20. July-August 2013 Heat Wave
A giant panda in Wuhan, Hubei province lying in ice
to cool from extreme summer heat. August 6, 2013.

21. July-August 2013 Heat Wave
The 12 m high thermometer in Flaming Mountain,
Turpan, Zinjiang Ulghur Autonomous Region with
a reading of 78 degrees C. July 30, 2013.

22. Europe Heat Wave

23. USA Heat Wave

24. NASA MANDATE
•Remove 36.85 gigatons of C02 from
the atmosphere
•Every year for 30 years starting
from 2011
•To return the earth to balance
•Where to start???

25. Only Natural Processes Can Draw
Down CO2

26. Bamboo Approach to Climate
Change

27. SOLUTIONS
1. Re-greening with trees and bamboo
Bamboo is more recommended, however,
considering its natural characteristics as follows:
- Bamboo absorbs 35% more carbon dioxide
compared to trees. It also emits 35% more oxygen.
Even in finished products form, it will not release
its C02 contents for centuries.
- It is much more sustainable and easier to
plant. Unlike trees that need to be planted and
replanted, bamboo can be planted only once
and it will be there for life.
- Even when burned, it will just grow back unlike
trees.

28. - Regreens the earth faster than trees.
- Its maximum maturity period is only 5
years while the minimum for some tree
species is 10 years at least.
- Controls erosion along river banks.
- Establishes on depleted soils.
- Restores soil fertility.
- Improves micro-climate bringing needed
rains.
- It is most sustainable. No need for
replanting, fertilizers, insecticides and
herbicides.

29. • 2. Shift from dirty non-
sustainable fossil-based fuel to
clean and sustainable bio-fuel.

30. Bio-Oil
What is bio-oil (BO)?
• Not oil in traditional sense
• Liquified biomass, molecular composition
resembles the feedstock
• Clean burning, carbon dioxide neutral fuel
• Aka: pyrolysis oil, bio-crude oil
• Can be co-fired in furnaces, boilers, gas
turbines, and diesel engines

31. Benefits of Bio-Oil
• Reduce dependence on fossil fuel
• Establish land cover
• Reduce GHG emissions
• Create jobs
• Motivate economic activity in the countryside
• Stabilizes rural economies
• Save foreign exchange
• Cheaper than fossil fuel

32. Bio-Oil
Green substitute to
conventional fossil fuels
in power generation for
now.
( Soon, for transportation
fuels! )

33. Bio-Oil Processing
Fast Pyrolysis

34. Products of Fast Pyrolysis
Bio-oil
- Liquified biomass
- Can be stored, pumped
and transported
Non-condensable gas
- Re-circulated into the
pyrolysis process
Char
- Black powder
- Incompletely
combusted biomass

35. FEEDSTOCK
Any lignocellulosic or cellulosic material,
forestry, agricultural and processing residues like -
• Wood, sawdust, bark, forest slash, waste paper
• Rice straw & husk, corn stalks & cobs, bamboo
• Cellulosic residues from bio-diesel/ bio-ethanol
production, e.g., coco shell & husk, bagasse, etc.
• Poultry litter, animal dung
No competition with food supply!

39. Bio-Fuel Crops Compared

40. • Indigenous plant species
• Easier to establish than tree species
• High regenerative capacity, even when burned
• High capacity to withstand extreme
environmental conditions
• Fast growing and high-biomass yield
• Short maturity period
• Most sustainable
• Co-products:
- Bamboo shoots
- High quality pole segments
Bamboo – Most Favorable Feedstock

41. Cost of Bio-Oil
“Even more importantly, bio-oil is priced at
$25 - $35 a barrel…” (Zeman, 2007)
Equiv crude oil: US$ 45.45 – 63.64 a barrel
CDM benefits when factored will increase
bio-oil’s competitiveness!

42. Bamboo BO Plant Capacity
1000 ha plantation = 100TPD BO Facility
Daily BO output = 70-75 TPD

43. Moving Forward
Invest in Bamboo Bio-oil Production
and make money!
Reduce dependence on fossil fuels
Reduce GHG emissions
Protect the environment
Reduce Poverty

44. Bio-Coal
What is bio-coal?
• Torrefied biomass
• Aka: e-coal, green coal
• No smoke/ odor, clean
• HHV = 22-26 MJ/kg
• Easy to mill, friable
• Hydrophobic
• Decay resistant

45. Benefits of Bio-coal
• Stores and handles like fossil coal
• Requires no retrofitting for coal-fired plants
• Consistent and uniform fuel efficiency
• Generates electricity as efficiently as fossil coal
• Enables immediate GHG emissions reduction
• Fossil coal will emit (+/-) 300% more carbon
dioxide compared to bio-coal
• Cost of bio-coal is only (+/-) 40% of the cost of
fossil coal

46. Bio-coal Processing
Torrefaction
• 200-300 °C
• zero oxygen
• (+/-) 30 minutes
Densification
• milling/ grinding
• pelletizing

47. Bio-Coal Recovery Rate
• 70% of biomass at 10% MC.
• 1000 has can produce 60-65 tons of BC
daily

48. Fossil Fuels Bio-oil & Bio-coal
Non-renewable Renewable
Grey CO2 (Dirty) Green CO2 (Clean)
Not cheap Cheaper than fos-
sil fuels
Fossil Fuel vs Bio-Fuel

49. Bio-Char

50. What is Bio-Char?
• It is a by-product of
pyrolisis process

51. Win-win
This bio-char is put into the soil
and does not revert to CO2 for an
estimated 1000 years, making
bio-fuels carbon negative.
A win-win process that gives us
fuel and relieves us of the burden
of too much CO2 in the
atmosphere.

52. Bio-char with Microbes
Inoculating it with locally collected
microbes and nutrients, bio-char will
make a type of soil that will aid the
soil biology in drawing significant
amounts of atmospheric carbon.

53. Bio-Char for Climate
Stabilization
Bio-Char is black gold
to climate
stabilization.

54. Bio-Char Works!

55. We need to move
from here
to here!

56. Remember, we need to save
our world for our children.
Help save the world with bamboo!!!

57. Keep this in mind

58. Wishing us the best!- Mr.8