Dear Mr. Mani, if you want to produce charcoal without polluting the atmosphere, use the portable metallic kilns developed by us. They cost only Rs.3000 (US$...
... TP front ... Hi all, Found the web page; http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/09/soil/mann-text By Charles Mann, love the "MEGO" factor, Lord how I Know...
*Terra Preta Included in New Smithsonian Exhibit on Soils* The new exhibit at the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum in Washington DC, "Dig It: The Secrets...
... Thanks for the reply, lots of questions too little time for those of you heavily committed. To my mind the 50ktonne/year may be limited but it's still a...
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Jim Here is an image of Kudzu at its worst, location in this image near Athens, Georgia. This plant is so bad that if you park your chevy pickup truck for a ...
Reply to Kudzu pyrolysis, The kudzu, in my understanding, was originally imported to provide erosion control and livestock forage. Although I have never seen...
James Thomas
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Aug 14, 2008 6:23 pm
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Andrew, Rolf Thank you for your comments and observations. A quick reply as I am late for business travel. Charcoal, biochar, torrified wood, densified fuels,...
Dear AD Thanks for your insight into Indian Government Policy. I wonder if the fundamental issue is one of Politics in the worst sense, where the Government is...
Kevin Chisholm
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Aug 14, 2008 2:29 pm
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Hi Dr. Karve, Just for clarification, in the USA we don't dump ~6 BILLION TONS of garbage per year into ALL of our rivers combined. Regards, SKB ... From:...
Hi Dr. Karve, I commend you for these efforts. I believe you are very correct when you assert that we do not need to wait for government to do things that...
Dear List, this refers to the mail from Sean K.Barry about the garbage going into rivers. The Planning Commission of India has made certain projections about...
Hi All , Heard from Thayer Tomlinson of the Energy and Security Group who also is on the Steering Committee of the IBI . He was excited to hear all the folks...
Thanks Ron. It's more than I asked for but I found it very interesting. I asked simply because I suspect that the pottery-making was another source of char. I...
Morbark Tornado 15 http://www.machinerytrader.com/listings/detail.aspx?OHID=6373810 ... De: Tom Miles <tmiles@...> Asunto: [biochar] RE: [Gasification]...
Rolf, I have put photos of the invader bush in the terra preta gallery. The photos are mostly from my trip north of Windhoek to Otjiwarongo, Namibia, in May....
It is a vine, but it's stem can get about 1/2-3/4 in thick - in fact it is described as a " Perennial coarse herbs with woody base " ( Handbook of Energy...
Reply re: Mesquite, prosopsis and Ron Larson comments With the statement of desertification related to charcoal making and loss of Acacia related to goats...
James Thomas
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Aug 13, 2008 6:32 pm
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Dear Gordon, I live out in the country and have a composting toilet. I have been putting my urine in buckets of char for a couple of weeks now and it does...
dear folke (and others on the terra preta list), as well as your site i have been reading about the rev moule in victorian england who developed the earth...
gordon eliott
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Aug 13, 2008 5:03 pm
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Lou (cc "biochar": I'm not sure where you want to go with the requested pottery-making discussion. I googled a bit and found much more on wood-firing and...
Great News, I got a call this morning that National Geo's article on soils put TP front and center. It's not on their web site and I have not seen it yet, but ...
No mention of http://hypography.com/forums/terra-preta.html ??? m 2008/8/10 <mmbtupr@...> ... Michael...
Michael Bailes
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Aug 13, 2008 7:17 am
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Thanks for information and query.
In our part, rural people chop and burn the wood of PJ. This burning is within a earthen mound covered completely by dust and...
Dear All, Thanks to Dr. Karve for clearly describing the existing practices in India and how the components which are added into soil through certain existing ...
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