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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/22/2012 01:09 PM, Tom Miles
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:004f01cde06f$7454ab30$5cfe0190$@trmiles.com"
type="cite"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It
is a highly functional gasifier that makes two good products –
gas and biochar - in variable proportions. As you know it is a
challenge just to sell a gasifier in energy markets that are
dominated by low cost natural gas. </span></blockquote>
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The problem in Haiti is not the need for biochar, but the lack of
clean fuel. The fuel to be used may be contaminated to the point
that the biochar will be useless, it will make the ground unsuitable
for growing food. However, the gasses will be suitable for heating,
which does not need really clean gasses.<br>
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Contaminated biochar may have detrimental effects wherever it is
used. Ash, however, will not change the soil where it does not
reside.<br>
<br>
Dave 8{)<br>
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