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It doesn't say bamboo is inherently unsafe, it says due to a shortage of bamboo meeting the required standards (4 years old, 7.5cm for vertical and 9cm for hori
by samlinnfer 1y ago
It doesn't say bamboo is inherently unsafe, it says due to a shortage of bamboo meeting the required standards (4 years old, 7.5cm for vertical and 9cm for horizontal supports) and construction sites using substandard bamboo as substitute have resulted in collapses in heavy weather conditions.
It's easier just to require steel than to play bamboo police.
- wussboy 1y agoIs no one playing steel police?
- Gathering6678 1y agoMight be nitpicking, but the Chinese text is actually saying it's for both (a) shortage of good bamboo, AND (b) safety in hurricanes, etc. It did not imply that bamboo which met the required standards is safe enough for these conditions. But I agree with your conclusion: safety is kinda important when it comes to scaffolding, on which people would walk around...