http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/ Biochar Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:22:10 GMT Graham Knight http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7602 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7602 It seems to me that we are not yet at the stage described by these wise words below (taken from the Guardian 3 July) Finding the best ways to soak up CO2 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:46:12 GMT Vasanthi M http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7601 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7601 Dear SKB, I could not open the file which you have sent. Kindly send me again. Thanks and regards Dr.M.VASANTHI Scientist Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chemicals Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:31:10 GMT Max Turunen http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7600 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7600 From my collection of links, articles, archives and concepts: Here is some stuff that people have done with dunes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sohI6vnWZmk Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:13:11 GMT regulus86 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7599 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7599 I was just thinking about trying wood tar or something made with wood tar to stabilize and build soil on a sand dune. some one did try crude oil to stabilize Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:03:31 GMT Kevin Chisholm http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7598 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7598 Dear William Stoves or retorts do not "make ash". The ash is the mineral content in the starting wood. With a wood containing say 1% ash, when the wood and Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:19:44 GMT Mark Ludlow http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7597 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7597 Don't worry, Scott. I'm not goofing on idealism. And while you are imagining how much benefit you will bring to those you set-out to serve, you may find, upon Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:59:16 GMT Sean K. Barry http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7596 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7596 See how my 2009 Stillwater Garden (with biochar experiment) grows here => Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:51:46 GMT Nando http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7595 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7595 Scott? Is that your name? What about details of your project? Perhaps you could post your appeal for funding here. Nando ... -- Nando M. Breiter The CarbonZero Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:41:44 GMT William Carr http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7594 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7594 "Hi William... ? What proportion of char did you add to the soil, and what's the soil like? I'm experimenting with tomatoes (30%char 70% sandy loam), my Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:40:32 GMT acerangalo http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7593 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7593 ... Hey there Graham, Mark, and Nando, I'm replying to this post because I would very much appreciate your involvement in helping plan my upcoming biochar Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:55:25 GMT William Carr http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7592 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7592 Hi. I was reading a treatise on Charcoal making with sugarcane bagasse. It reported a REALLY high percentage of ash, and the negative effects of the ash Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:22:24 GMT Grant Ballard-Tremeer http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7591 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7591 Forwarded from HEDON News Biomass Energy Initiative for Africa (BEIA) ==Call for Proposals for Pilot Projects== The World Bank is requesting proposals for Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:03:49 GMT Nando http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7590 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7590 Graham, I'll give you an example. One of the projects we've proposed for funding envisions converting rice and wheat waste to an enriched biochar and (perhaps) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:53:05 GMT Mark Ludlow http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7589 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7589 Graham, Are you talking about young innocent types who pay their own airfare, live in mud huts (and pay rent), and sweat that Amherst education out of their Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:07:04 GMT Graham Knight http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7588 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/7588 While I can certainly agree with the comment that "...experience is that the very best awareness and educational work is carried out by individuals who are not