<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Kevin C <kchisholm@ca.inter.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> stuart mather <kneebraceboy@yahoo.com.au>; Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification <gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, 2 February 2013 2:50 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Gasification] mycoremediation of tarry water<br> </font> </div> <br><br>Kevin wrote:<br> ....While I have not seen a report showing
that blackwater disposal is harmful to the environment, I have not seen one that says it is not harmful either. However, a competent Gasifier Operator sent me pictures of his blackwater dump site a few years after he stopped dumping blackwater there, and the plants growing there seemed just as vigorous and healthy as nearby plants outside teh dump zone.<br>> <br>> Best wishes,<br>> <br>> Kevin<br> </div><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="yui_3_7_2_29_1359847868608_57">That's intriguing Kevin,</div><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="yui_3_7_2_29_1359847868608_57">So I wonder why there seems to be a general consensus that dumping tarry water in a pond amounts to environmental vandalism. Not saying your gasifier correspondent was making it up. But you would think the President of Myanmar would have better things to do than
declare black water gasification leach ponds toxic sites Military juntas aren't well known for their environmental awareness. So why the concern about tar ponds people?</div><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="yui_3_7_2_29_1359847868608_57">Stuart.</div><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="yui_3_7_2_29_1359847868608_57"><br></div> </div> </div></body></html>