Omar and ccs (adding the Biochar list) I have worked many years on the stove topic to whose experts you have sent your important request. You have identified a...
I have a question that I have been pondering for some time now, and I thought I asked before, but I don't recall a satisfactory answer- Why call it biochar? ...
To distinguish it from charcoal used for heating purposes. At the 2007 conference in Terrigal, it became known amongst the delegates that "agrichar" was...
The point I'm trying to make is, other than it's intended use - there is ( for all practical purposes ) no difference between the char used for heating and...
Greg, Hardly a buzzword. this has been much debated. It helps to be more specific. Many times on this list we have pointed out that some charcoal intended for ...
Tom. When I restart to make charcoal this spring, to get good biochar, would I need to give the in-feed (softwood) biomass more residence time in order to get...
John, It's great t hear that you are prepared to restart this Spring. It seems to me that the best plant response Richard got was from your material so I ...
Paul, I think everyone identifies with your questions. It is obvious that you haven't done your homework but we can point you to some "Cliffs Notes": We have...
Tom-------With all due respect to the decisions made by the IBI, the success that I have had from my Weber is with low temperature lump charcoal, as shown...
Hi Larry, You say, "The results of plant growth from Dr Antal's charcoal refuse pile and from my garden activities are anecdotal evidence." Do you mean the...
It was a great day when the term biochar was accepted as a way to identify an intention. And just like any other definition, its character will naturally age...
I would just say that "biochar" distinguishes itself from "charcoal" in that it is solely the product of biomass and does not contain any other fillers, ...
Geralyn, Who was this e-mail directed to, specifically? ( you say, "I thought of you." ) I wonder if the hole-ridden and crumbly tarpaper that is in your...
Comments are interspaced, between the **************. ... From: Tom Miles To: biochar@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 11:11 Subject: RE: [biochar]...
I have to agree with Larry. Let's see that it is good biological material - not just call any old piece of charcoal, "biochar". Greg H. . Once you can accept...
The problem as I see it, is that the science of TP and biochar is exactly where electricity was in it's infancy, and people are giving name and terms to things...
Lloyd, This came off of the IISD.ca Climate-L list this morning. Do you have any sense of the gains there might be in talking with them about biochar? They...
Greg, Products are defined by advertising as much as consensus. Search "biochar" today and you get many different flavors. Tom From: biochar@yahoogroups.com...
Greg, As I see it there are two ways in which charcoal or biochar can act as a carbon sink. One is as direct deposition of carbon (i.e., to offset the billion...
Tom-------The problem with products "defined by advertising as much as consensus", is that the manufacturers of pyrolysis units are misleading the public and...
These are a big part of my point. Many definitions of what biochar is without knowing it's working properties - to me this is positive proof that it has...
Hi Tom Greg, There is a third carbon sink; the use of the energy co-product from pyrolysis of biomass into charcoal/biochar can offset the use of fossil carbon...
According to you, Larry. I suggest that we support defining biologically active charcoal, period. We can do this before we start pissing around about naming...
Hi Larry, I completely agree. Perhaps all biochar needs to include some king of "seasoning" or at least the caveat that when it is added to the soil in its ...
I think soil mixed with organic matter is called "dirt". Charcoal can be fuel. Biochar is charcoal, but it is not intended for use as fuel. If charcoal or...
Thank you Max. I will consider this and also forward it to my contacts in the CBI. Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist Product Development Specialist ...
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