[Stoves] wheat husk pellets

[Alex English]

Ron,
No.
Doubt.

Don't forget the continuous feed, wood pellet, total combustion, range!
Caveat; our bosses will likely prefer nuclear, enslavement and 
population decline, especially in the north!

Alex

On 12/06/2013 9:05 PM, rongretlarson at comcast.net wrote:
> Paul (cc Alex)
>
>     This is to respond to your question:
> */Do you have any other other alternative to the use of fossil fuels?
> /
> *Here are three alternatives,  from my perspective:
>    a.  Continued growth of the electrical system.  Electricity is a 
> great way to cook.   As we decide to get off fossil-fueled 
> electricity, biomass will be used for backup to wind and solar. As we 
> realize the need to get back to 350 ppm CO2, then the best biomass 
> option is with biochar - Backup with CHP in 10 -20 MW scale, not the 
> GW scale assumed for BECCS.
>     b.  Natural gas for cooking will be replaced slowly by pyrolysis 
> gas (and electricity).  City gas (from biomass) came before natural gas.
>     c.   Liquid fuels can also come from pyrolysis with char 
> co-product when we decide we need to get to 350  ppm.  Cooking can be 
> that way as well.
>
>     Half the world can still rely on TLUD designs for cooking. Not for 
> most on this list, including Alex and I, because we can afford to keep 
> what we now use.  But for half the world, a TLUD could be the cheapest 
> - and so you need to keep developing your type.  That's a big 
> market.   One caution - solar cooking for some meals will creep in - 
> because it will be the cheapest.
>
>     Note that all four approaches involve char-making - since I assume 
> an eventual recognition both that all fossil fuels must go and also 
> that we need 350 or lower.
>
>    No doubt Alex agrees with all this.   Your reaction?
>
> Ron
>
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