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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>How about the fact that the Nordics of yore used these wood tars as preservatives on their Viking ships? In most circles a wood preservative is assumed to be a substance that retards or eliminates microbial attacks leading to loss of structural integrity (probably the opposite goals of a composting operation).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Gasification [mailto:gasification-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>stuart mather<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, February 2, 2013 5:17 PM<br><b>To:</b> Kevin C; gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gasification] mycoremediation of tarry water<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Kevin C <<a href="mailto:kchisholm@ca.inter.net">kchisholm@ca.inter.net</a>><br><b>To:</b> stuart mather <<a href="mailto:kneebraceboy@yahoo.com.au">kneebraceboy@yahoo.com.au</a>>; Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification <<a href="mailto:gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org">gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 2 February 2013 2:50 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gasification] mycoremediation of tarry water</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><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> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>That's intriguing Kevin,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>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?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Stuart.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>