Comments on: PHILIPS AIR TREE http://www.inhabitat.com/2005/11/24/philips-air-tree/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:00:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Rod Edwardshttp://www.inhabitat.com/2005/11/24/philips-air-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Rod Edwards Fri, 25 Nov 2005 05:36:00 +0000 http://www.vineetsc.com/wp_inhabitat/wordpress/?p=84#comment-111 Oddly eno,ugh some trees are actually gross poluters, releasing quantities of Volatile Organic Compounds - weird hydrochemicals and members of the family of chemicals associated with Sick Building Syndrom (isoprenes etc). Obviously I'm not against forests and trees (ha ha), but it is interesting to note nature's quirks, and some of the potential unexpected side effects of (for example) single species biomass farming.More on VOCs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volatile_organic_compound Oddly eno,ugh some trees are actually gross poluters, releasing quantities of Volatile Organic Compounds – weird hydrochemicals and members of the family of chemicals associated with Sick Building Syndrom (isoprenes etc). Obviously I’m not against forests and trees (ha ha), but it is interesting to note nature’s quirks, and some of the potential unexpected side effects of (for example) single species biomass farming.

More on VOCs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volatile_organic_compound

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