[Stoves] Oxygen depletion

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In a message dated 11/18/2010 5:22:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
clamshell at iinet.net.au writes:
 
DD: Dan Dimiduk responds.

http://permaculture.org.au/2010/11/18/beware-the-biochar-initiative/



DD Burying Biochar is like any other soil management practice, it needs to  
be balanced.  Soil is a living organism. Feeding it an unbalanced diet can  
wreck it, feeding it a balanced diet can enhance it. Enhanced soil holds 
carbon,  wrecked soil releases it. 
    Best use of efficiently produced charcoal is to  combust it efficiently 
to offset and reduce fossil fuel usage. This reduces CO2  emissions and 
depletion of carbon reserves. Nothing wrong with using charcoal as  a tool for 
better growing, if that tool is properly used. Charcoal is a great  end 
product for biomass wastes so why destroy good biomass to make it?   Only 
replensihed and managed supplies of cultivated biomass should be used for  
charcoal or energy production. Use the waste biomass first. No shortage of it. 
 
    Dan Dimiduk 
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