Hi Steven & Max, Dr. Jeff Novak's work at USDA is showing that blended feedstocks & particle size are having effects. He was excited about his results on...
Hi Stevene great work, it fit right in with a question I have posted previously in relation to charcoal fragments in soil. I had heard years back from an old...
In the long PDF version there are numerous and often Redundant citations on using peat charcoal as a soil amendment and latrine absorbent. One guy had...
It deodorizes the urine with which I mix it to precharge it, and it works well with humanure that it covers. How well it would work on the mix in a latrine I...
Peter, Usually the pit latrine smell is coming from an anaerobic system that allows nitrogenous chemicals, mostly ammonia and methyl amines to off gas....
You might check out ecosan and some of their systems. They have detailed information on sanitation alternatives in the context of viewing the excrement as a...
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Suze Collett
suzecollett@...
May 21, 2012 11:10 pm
Yes char dust will absorb the odors, but you would need to smother the material in the pit with a LOT of char dust. Sorry, but you may need to dig new...
Hi Folks, If anyone is aware of a bibliography (or a few good articles) on Biochar and Human Waste Management, please send the link or reference. Many thanks, ...
Biochar is one of the few ways we can take carbon from the atmosphere. Its use should be rewarded. A carbon tax scheme taxes carbon emissions into the...
Carbon tax sounds like just another avenue for profit making schemes by big business. I have firsthand experience watching investors trying to garner solar,...
Hi Lou, This is a really interesting topic. Dr. Otterpohl and team has been doing research with biochar in sanitation and links to some literature. ...
a mix of Biochar dust and rock dust will do a great job (even greater if activated with microorganisms). Rock dust has a very strong liquid absorbing...
Thank you all for your contributions, will try to incooperative the ideas to save the situation. Peter.------------------------------ On Mon, May 21, 2012...
Thank you all for your contributions, will try to incooperative the ideas to save the situation. Peter.------------------------------ On Mon, May 21, 2012...
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Max Turunen
maxturunen@...
May 23, 2012 7:06 pm
(Source: Plant (and Plant-Microbe) Biology at UCLA<http://www.facebook.com/groups/26275302086/>) ...
Maybe the alternative to that 'noisy, smelly biochar plant in you backyard' is for your children or grandchildren to have to cower in their backyard listening...
Dick, I do not know where you live, but I am in Hawaii. Our state officials are bending over backward here to appease investors involved in anything to do with...
Hi Dick, You're right that we're up against it - but it will be you and I who will be cowering. It is the Arctic sea ice disappearance and an escalation of...
amen, dick. rapid onset climate change has begun. two years ago, in north america, spring blossom was two weeks early. now, after a weak, wimpy winter with...
Dear Michael, Thank you for expressing the thoughts that many of you will be thinking: "it's all fantasy". But face the facts. Look at the latest data on sea...
yes, john, the planet's thermal flywheel is coming apart. my analogy for the rather rapid meltdown of both polar ice caps is your common, simple home-style...
~~~ can charcoal dust kill the smell, any idea?~~~ Peter, I think you should also look into EM (effective microorganisms) A spray of EM would reduce odors and...
Dear Peter! Bacillus subtilis can be bought as a powder and eliminates smells and odors in short time, i used it in a scrimp washing pond and they did a very...
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ARTURO VELEZ
agaveproject2@...
May 25, 2012 9:25 pm
put it into a biodigester. use the slurry to soak biochar. get up to twenty times more crop-yield. done. you'll get out of "all" the smell if you put enough...
Thanks for the suggestions, unfortunately we are at red financially, and no external support. ------------------------------ On Fri, May 25, 2012 12:02 PDT...
We've filled pits with charcoal+biomass+soil 4 future use on farms.We stil strungle to food,cloths, utensils from frnds.------------------------------ On Fri,...
We've filled pits with charcoal+biomass+soil 4 future use on farms.We stil strungle to food,cloths, utensils from frnds.------------------------------ On Fri,...
Su Some things you say ring true but .... ...1. You are talking mostly about local regulation. ...2. A high carbon tax can be about changing the way we live so...
John, I watched your excellent performance at the Climate Audit Committee The session promoted me to write this: "Climate officials and climate provisionals" ...
