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Re: What alarmist nonsense

Nando — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:48:14 GMT

Isn't this old news, perhaps distorted by an alarmist headline? CSIRO called for further research in a comprehensive report on biochar (released midway through

Re: biochar production as heat source

Richard Stewart — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:45:26 GMT

Warren I'm a farmer/produce grower and I have been looking for something similar. I have 300 acres of which 160 or so is under tillage plus another and the

Re: Farmers may get more out of their soil with Rudd plan

Richard Stewart — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:33:41 GMT

An interesting concept but what about carbon emissions from the farmsthemselves? I know we have them, both in equipment use (fuel...we use a couple thousand

Re: What alarmist nonsense

mmbtupr@... — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:18:16 GMT

from Lewis L. Smith It seems to me that this kind of "shooting from the hip" makes it all the more urgent to systematically discover what the ancient

Farmers may get more out of their soil with Rudd plan

Michael — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:54:30 GMT

The penny is stating to drop? Farmers may get more out of their soil with Rudd plan*

What alarmist nonsense

Michael — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:52:50 GMT

CSIRO rings warning on Biochar 10 Feb, 2010 10:27 AM BIOCHAR is hailed by the coalition as a key plank of Australia's climate change response but the CSIRO

Re: "waste" wood- treated and painted + char

mountainbluefarm — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:22:14 GMT

Hi Dale - The short answer is no. Painted and treated woods are toxic and the burn fumes are toxic too. Charring does not eliminate them, may have unknown

Re: biochar production as heat source

Erich Knight — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:12:05 GMT

Warren, Off the top of my head; *Chip Energy Biomass Furnace* 500 lb chips / day = 180,000 BTU / hr + 85lb Biochar / day

Re: biochar production as heat source

wleitzel — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:22:34 GMT

Hi Tom, I have two situations to heat. A 26' x 48' greenhouse attached to a well insulated potting shed, and two 18' x 96' cold frames. The greenhouse is

Re: Signalling .. was BlueLeaf Biochar Field Trial 2008-09 Report

Lloyd Helferty — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:20:28 GMT

Kim, Try joining biochar-soils@yahoogroups.com and/or the Biochar Farms & Gardens group on LinkedIn for more focused

Re: Signalling .. was BlueLeaf Biochar Field Trial 2008-09 Report

Greg and April — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:24:55 GMT

I don't know about barking up the wrong tree ( at least not as a whole )- that is why I alluded to the issue with earthworms in North America, earlier in the

Re: Newb:Charcoal/biochar making

rgrissom43 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:31:03 GMT

Bogie you can invert the can and seal around the lid rim with mud or clay. quench a bit if you can, at least careful of burns. I posted some months back my

Re: Signalling .. was BlueLeaf Biochar Field Trial 2008-09 Report

Kim LaDuke — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:57:11 GMT

All: Perhaps I am the one to apologize. People that just make noise bother me as well. Seemingly impossible questions let my mind work at it's best. I

Can coal (activated, powdered, ?) be used for soil enrichment?

smittythewelder — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:30:25 GMT

Just joined. Had been aware of the archaeological findings in the Amazon basin for a couple of years. Wondered why we couldn't use a similar technique to

Re: Signalling .. was BlueLeaf Biochar Field Trial 2008-09 Report

Mark Ludlow — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:10:08 GMT

Sorry Greg, I didn't mean to sound dismissive. It's just that everything has multiple effects. We grow crops; we risk impoverishing the soil and so forth.