Even in recent weeks major environmental conferences have managed to discuss global warming without even a mention of Biochar! Another conference, due in...
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Nov 1, 2008 11:10 am
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Hi Tim, Must be a hundred monkeys out there. I have just finished polishing this: Low-cost, Low-emission Charcoal Kiln Design Elements,Version1, 1st November...
Dear Tim, I think you're on the absolute right track. Let's start modeling designs and throwing out ideas until we get something that looks worthwhile. I have...
Ryan Hottle
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Nov 1, 2008 9:55 pm
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You make some very important points Max. Currently the Rain Forest Action Network (RAN) has called for protests against any company using Palm Oil in their...
*Palm oil* industry moves into the Amazon rainforest<http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0709-amazon_palm_oil.html>9 Jul 2008 *...* Malaysia's Land Development...
I was wondering when and how this would come up <http://www.agweekly.com/articles/2008/10/21/commodities/dairy/dairy06.t\ xt> . "The ARS researchers are also...
There it is! ... $141 for 50# bag = $5640/ton ... http://www.buyactivatedcharcoal.com/charcoal_green<http://www.buyactivatedcharcoal.com/charcoal_green> ... ...
Max, You might also try Lazzari Fuel Co for charcoal dust. Not only is it cheaper at $30 per 50lb sack, it is closer to biochar as we understand it and...
Stephen Hayden
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Nov 2, 2008 5:35 am
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Thanks Phil This is probably the bench scale “Catalytic Hydrothermal Gasification in Pressurized Water ”system that Doug ...
Something that is more cubical will in the end be easier to load and unload, not to mention have the greatest internal volume for a exterior sqr footage - IOW,...
- second greatest compared to a sphere? M _____ From: biochar@yahoogroups.com [mailto:biochar@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Greg and April Sent:...
MFH
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Nov 2, 2008 10:28 pm
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Hi Gang, I just read a good one. Biochar's Fractal Dimension<http://peaksurfer.blogspot.com/2008/10/biochars-fractal-dimension.html> Fascination discuss and...
How gratifying this answer must be for you Graham and exciting for us all. "you can be certain that biochar will be raised at both the soil workshops at the...
Yes, Folke. Oven dry biomass (<~10% m.c.) is the fuel. The weight of the air divided by the "oven dry weight" of the biomass fuel is how the air/fuel ratio...
Hi Ruy, This looks like an interesting paper. I will have to read it in its entirety. It appears from the abstract to discuss the emissions from some fairly...
Also, a small sample, not half-a-cord or so! From: biochar@yahoogroups.com [mailto:biochar@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Miles Sent: Sunday, November 02,...
Hi Tim, Ben put char making plans on the Woodgas and Gasification lists today. If the plan you are looking for, is for a farm of even a couple acres, it would...
Hi Everyone, I have wanted to write for awhile about the challenge of getting environmental and social justice NGOs to support the biochar approach. I'm going...
Here's a little more documentation and commentary: Brazil charges 81 with illegal Amazon deforestation<http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1102-brazil.html> ...
... Good old Albert! I wonder if he ever did catch his train after we got caught in rush hour traffic in Newcastle. He's a careful writer and he says we can...
andrew
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Nov 3, 2008 12:56 pm
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... NB this yield is the proportion of carbon of the original carbon in the dry feedstock. As the dry feedstock will contain just over 50% carbon this means...
andrew
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Nov 3, 2008 1:00 pm
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Dear Andrew You raise a very important point about whether the charcoal produced by various technologies is the charcoal that is best for biochar purposes... ...
Kevin Chisholm
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Nov 3, 2008 1:56 pm
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... I doubt it and don't really think it matters, are we trying to emulate the previous practice or is it just a pointer to how successful the technique may...
andrew
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Nov 3, 2008 2:11 pm
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... clearing in ... commodity ... will ... agricultural ... Amazon. ... correlation to ... cleared ... This debate has been going on long before I was born. ...
Dear Andrew ... From: "andrew" <list@...> To: <biochar@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 10:11 AM Subject: Re: [biochar]...
Kevin Chisholm
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Nov 3, 2008 2:55 pm
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... I agree, it was what I said a bit further down, they pointed the way and science can help us figure out how to improve on it. ... I don't make the same...