China paves way towards a green future by laying world’s first modern Bamboo Bridge
Sunday, December 16th, 2007
It is a indeed a bit ironic that this news should filter its to us on the same day in which we heard the news that China along with India refused to sign the Bali draft on cutting down Carbon emissions. While that is a totally a different topic altogether, it just goes to show the difference between matters of environment handled by petty bureaucrats and if handled by environmentally aware citizens. This also shows the world the difference between the few at the top and the ones that actually work at a ground level to make the world that they live in a better place.
China has laid down world’s first modern bamboo bridge. Headed up by the School of Civil Engineering of Hunan University, a year of research and trial & error went into beefing up the intensity of the bamboo structures that eventually became the bridge as it was launched officially on the 12th of January. The bridge has already been put under test with its first load being a truck of 8.6 tons. The bridge is billed at being capable of carrying nearly 90 tons of static weight.
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