[Stoves] harsh experience with charcoal making in Turkey with beehieve kilns

[George Wood]

Very sorry for this guy, but you've got to do "proof of concept" and get 'buy-in' from the villagers (Your customers!) before emabarking on a full scale operation. I'm going to be working on a total project budget of 10,000 - 15,000 USD (and it's money I really cannot afford to lose) Plan! Plan! Plan! and then Research! and then check what is actually wanted. Today, I had the idea of checking what cooking height the villagers want. Is squatting when cooking the preferred style or would they prefer to stand up? That's worth a survey, as if we provide something that does not fit with the cooking preference, it will never be accepted. George
 > Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 13:24:33 +0100
> From: scda2 at t-online.de
> To: stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org
> Subject: [Stoves] harsh experience with charcoal making in Turkey with	beehieve kilns
> 
> Some harsh experience on charcoal making
> Erkan was going to try the "adam-retorts", but then preferred
> to invest in 6 beehive kilns in Turkey
> .....
> 
> Dear Chris,
> How are you? and your famıly,ı hope everythıng ıs ok on the way,,
> 
> Dear frıend I quıt, I gave up, ı am fınıshed,
> I see that charcoal makıng ıs not for me, I spent 2 years ın villages 
> near the oak forrests
> ı sleping ın tents, fıght with mosquıdos, rats and all the pests, snakes,
> and that ever lıvıng ın nature, ı even broke my pelvıs bone,
> in an accıdent fell on from the top of my beehıve kılns 4.5 m hıgh,
> thanks God ım stıll alıve,
> and ı lost about 40 000 usa dollars and ım fınıshed my frıend,
> now ım back ın ıstanbul with my famıly,
> 
> I am stıll ın charcoal bussınes, hopfully next week ıll be at Egypt for 
> to make new contacts for Charcoal,
> ı have to shıp 40 ft contaıner full of ıt to a custumer ın Turkey,
> so my frıend thıs ıs the end of my charcoal makıng dream,
> gettıng up to % 60 of oak wood wwhıch ıs impossıble
> wishing you all the best
> 
> Erkan
> 
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