Straw Bales in Hawaii?

I´m new to this topic in the use of straw bales, but, I work and am professional in adobe/clay/mud work and construction. If You use Adobe as plaster you benefit from some very important advantages. Adobe storages only about 4,5 % of 100 of water. Cement or gypsum in house construction storages at least 11 - 12% of 100 of water. That means, that the materials always tries to find their balanced level of water. By that, they take the water from their ambiance and also give the water to the plaster material and/or wood-construction.

If you use straw or wood and cement/Gypsum plaster, the plaster gives the water content to the wood or straw, at least 11% of 100.

Termites, and that is the point, can use the wood only with a special water content from at least 11 - 12 %.

So, Adobe as plaster, takes the water from the wooden construction and brings the water content in the wood down. And i think, that termites can no longer have a party in a wooden house-construction. Condition is, that the adobe plaster is in direct contact to the wood/straw bales.

I´m interested to work on the islands with straw-bale/adobe/wood-construction, at first for cost and lodging.

Would be happy to hear from someone from Hawaii in that connection. Greetings, Martin from Germany

They said in the show that termites don't eat straw, if you make the framing of metal as well as using staw bale then your termite risk should be limited (any wooden trimming or wooden furniture) Which means not needing to tent house or any other bulk termite solutions (they mentioned better solution to house tenting http://www.buildinggreentv.com/workshop/doors-windows/73) just remove what evers wooden. They also said strawbale was exceedingly cheep.

John,
I love this idea as well, but humidity is definitely a concern with straw bale construction. Straw is an organic material and it is susceptible to mold easily. In Minnesota, where we have a high level of humidity, it is almost impossible to find a time of year where straw bale construction makes sense and the straw is completely dry. There have been a few attempted projects here, but almost all of them have ended up with mold. If there is a way to combat this, I would be interested in knowing it myself!
That said, it works great in drier places like central Mexico!
Does straw grow natively in Hawaii? I find that a good rule of thumb for using organic materials is to determine if they grow natively or not. If they thrive on their own, chances are they will be a lasting material in that environment as well.
I hope this helps!