[Stoves] [biochar-policy] Re: [biochar] Re: Report on　APBC - first two days

Tue Sep 20 09:37:43 CDT 2011

Cute: 
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hwXTYt5Dq2UPMU840HQo58rAIPfw?docId=CNG.1e50a168b5552344db3d64a207ea7574.811

   T*he biggest obstacle right now with regards to the Mushroom 
project/experiment...* (or "/*Sunflower Project*/" as we are alternately 
calling it - growing /sunflowers/ has also been shown to do similar 
things ~ thus they are already trying to grow sunflowers in Japan near 
the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant 
http://www.houseofjapan.com/local/sunflowers-clean-radioactive-soil) 
*... is to get the attention of the Japanese (government etc)*.

  The /*5ive-Planets*/ people in Japan are trying to raise money there, 
but the populace in Japan is all "tapped out" when it comes to 
supporting the disaster financially. *Money for this project will need 
to be raised internationally.*
Some /*fund-raising concerts*/ should be coming (to Toronto) later this 
year...

With regard to CANDUs... I think that you would get along well with our 
former Board member, Rasmus.

He once set this out as a "joke":

This is the /*original*/:

*P.S.* Rasmus is a doctor (a neurosurgeon, no less)... and is a member 
of The /Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment/ (CAPE).
Unfortunately, he got an earful after he sent it to the CEO of the 
/Ontario College of Family Physicians/...  ;-)

*P.P.S.* Co-incidentally, I was just talking to *Dr. Masao Hori* (via 
Skype) /this morning/.  Mr. Hori is an engineer with the Nuclear Systems 
Association in Tokyo. More than a year ago we were talking about 
possibly putting together a paper with the title, "Nuclear Carbonization 
and Gasification of Biomass for Removing Atmospheric CO2".
The "concept paper" would have described this:

    - floating /*nuclear pyrolysis units*/ (& calculations)
    - seaweed farms
    - efficient transport of this marine biomass by water (nuclear /
    SkySails transport)
    - charcoal for coastal protection (elevating low-lying areas with a
    coastal "/carbon landfill/"), with opportunities for island nations
    to elevate land
    - marine biomass for soil improvement in (other) nations without
    sufficient biomass on land (example: soil restoration in Haiti,
    which is largely deforested)
    - nuclear *biochar from seaweed**** as a soil amendment for the
    world's coastal deserts (mixed with compost)
    -*opportunities for Japan*: replacement of hydrocarbon imports, job
    creation, exporting the combined technology, etc.
    - combination with upwelling tubes ("Lovelock tubes") for
    inexpensive fertilizer.
    - Nuclear hydrogen and *ammonia*** production for fertilization**.

**Note: Ammonia is not only a potentially very useful "fertilizer" is 
might even become an important future "fuel".
I took part in a /very interesting/ conversation at *CHAB Camp* in 
Illinois earlier this year when a few members of the board of the 
*Biomass Energy Foundation* (like Dr. Tom Reed & others), who had 
gathered in Dr. Anderson's basement.  It was all about using Ammonia as 
the next major liquid "fuel"...
  For instance, one could make a /*Quasiturbine engine*/ configured in a 
Rankine or Brayton cycle (with Ammonia as the working fluid) to produce 
power at only a ~20 degree C. temperature gradient.  One could also 
build Solar Thermal driven, ammonia-water absorption systems for cold 
storage and refrigeration.

****P.P.P.S.*  Seaweed is a substantial source of minerals and makes a 
great fertilizer on its own. It can be composted into one of the richest 
composts with extremely high mineral content, and could probably also be 
a feedstock for ammonia production (for fertilization) [ex. /*SynGest*/].
   see: http://www.ehow.com/how_2284434_quick-easy-seaweed-compost.html

   Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist
   Principal, Biochar Consulting (Canada)
   www.biochar-consulting.ca
   603-48 Suncrest Blvd, Thornhill, ON, Canada
   905-707-8754; 647-886-8754 (cell)
      Skype: lloyd.helferty
   Steering Committee member, Canadian Biochar Initiative
   President, Co-founder&  CBI Liaison, Biochar-Ontario
     Advisory Committee Member, IBI
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"Necessity may be the mother of invention, but innovators need to address problems before they become absolute necessities..."

On 2011-09-19 10:02 PM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott wrote:
>
>  (If we harvest and destroy/sequester the resulting mushrooms, one 
> could begin to physically remove the radioactivity from the soils and 
> allow for future farming in a compressed timeframe. -- It is our hope 
> that Biochar will help to stimulate the formation of various 
> "hyper-accumulating mycorrhizae / mushrooms" that would be harvested 
> by Robots, thus eliminating most of the human interaction with the 
> highly radioactive mushrooms as they are harvested and disposed of... 
> ~ the Japanese expertise with Robots would come in handy here).
>
> Dear Lloyd
>
> This is a great idea. An even better one would be to use CANDU 
> reactors and the entire cleanup would not have been necessary, however 
> it happened and that is that.
>
> I hear the Japanese are entering a robot in the Hawaiian Triathalon. 
> That’s interesting.
>
> Regards
>
> Crispin
>
>
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[Stoves] [biochar-policy] Re: [biochar] Re: Report on APBC - first two days

[Stoves] [biochar-policy] Re: [biochar] Re: Report on　APBC - first two days