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''This page is a '''stub''' - please help expand it, especially by writing a section on OS hardware needs.'' | ''This page is a '''stub''' - please help expand it, especially by writing a section on OS hardware needs.'' | ||
Straw is a wonderful, versatile raw material that is cheap and abundant. It has numerous historical and novel uses (see Wikipedia entry for examples). | Straw is a wonderful, versatile raw material that is cheap and abundant. It has numerous historical and novel uses (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw Wikipedia entry] for examples). | ||
Older uses included the thatching of roofs, | Older uses included the thatching of roofs, paper-making, ornamenting small surfaces as a “straw-mosaic” for plaiting into door and table mats, mattresses, and for weaving and plaiting into light baskets, artificial flowers, etc. Some of these uses are labor-intensive but machines could be developed to do some of this work. More recent uses include things like the production of [[butanol]] via [[Acetone-butanol-ethanol fermentation|ABE fermentation]] (not currently profitable). | ||
==Open Source Hardware Needs== | ==Open Source Hardware Needs== | ||
* various machines: see uses on Wikipedia page (examples: weaving, cording, chopping, baling, etc.) | * various machines: see uses on the Wikipedia page (examples: weaving, cording, chopping, baling, etc.) | ||
* | * for example, a straw weaving machine could create cheap straw mats for all kinds of uses, such as ground cover, erosion control, insulation, packaging, etc. | ||
* a straw chopper would be useful for growing [[mushrooms]] | * a straw chopper would be useful to prepare straw as a medium for growing [[mushrooms]] | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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[[Category:Materials]] | [[Category:Materials]] | ||
[[Category:Biofuel]] | [[Category:Biofuel]] | ||
[[Category:Energy]] | [[Category:Energy]] | ||
Revision as of 14:32, 25 August 2016
A bunch of chopped micro-straw at FeF (see: Earth Plaster page)
This page is a stub - please help expand it, especially by writing a section on OS hardware needs.
Straw is a wonderful, versatile raw material that is cheap and abundant. It has numerous historical and novel uses (see Wikipedia entry for examples). Older uses included the thatching of roofs, paper-making, ornamenting small surfaces as a “straw-mosaic” for plaiting into door and table mats, mattresses, and for weaving and plaiting into light baskets, artificial flowers, etc. Some of these uses are labor-intensive but machines could be developed to do some of this work. More recent uses include things like the production of butanol via ABE fermentation (not currently profitable).
Open Source Hardware Needs
- various machines: see uses on the Wikipedia page (examples: weaving, cording, chopping, baling, etc.)
- for example, a straw weaving machine could create cheap straw mats for all kinds of uses, such as ground cover, erosion control, insulation, packaging, etc.
- a straw chopper would be useful to prepare straw as a medium for growing mushrooms
External Links
- Wikipedia: Straw
- Wikibooks: Horticulture/Straw
