[Stoves] [biochar] From Cookstoves Webinar "Charcoal Briquette Enterprise Development" on March 5, Register Today!

Wed Feb 12 17:54:23 CST 2014

Dear all,

I want to support Ron's question about the content of the webinar.   And 
I too have registered for the webinar.   And I give an extra note:

If the webinar is totally restricted to the making of char WITH THE 
CONDITION THAT THE CHAR WILL BE BURNED, then we need to schedule a 
webinar that relates to the sustainable making of char WITH THE 
INTENTION THAT THE CHAR WILL BE SEQUESTERED.

In the end, when a person or household or even a small business has the 
capacity to make char (as can be done with the TLUD cookstoves), the 
OPTIONS can exist for the person, etc to receive payment for the carbon 
sequestration value AND for the possible value of the char as biochar 
into the soil.   OR to burn the char.   In this, the market values will 
prevail.   And we can note the TRIPLE advantage of
1.  Using low-value sustainable biomass (maize cobs, small wood, biomass 
briquettes, etc) for COOKING meals.
2.  Receiving payment for carbon sequestered (the char must be made 
"UN-burnable", such as mixing it with dirt or compost)
3.  Obtaining the benefits of biochar into agricultural soils, including 
food for eating or for sale.

Webinars need to cover these aspects also.   Clarification from the 
webinar organizers is needed.

Paul

Doc  /  Dr TLUD  /  Prof. Paul S. Anderson, PhD
Email:  psanders at ilstu.edu
Skype: paultlud      Phone: +1-309-452-7072
Website:  www.drtlud.com

On 2/12/2014 3:26 PM, Ronal W. Larson wrote:
> List, cc Tom and Michael
>
> I am going to listen in - I have signed up.
>
> But I have already sent a note into the Winrock/EPA/GACC system, 
> saying that I feared they were going to be promoting a sub-optimum 
> system.  That is - I want to see TLUDs also noted as an alternative - 
> one that will probably save time and money and be cleaner  (these 
> benefits I am saying here for the first time).  Char should be used 
> for atmospheric carbon dioxide removal (CDR).  If they fail to mention 
> that there are alternatives to charcoal briquettes  (namely biomass 
> briquettes that can be turned to char while cooking - not before 
> cooking) - then I will be very disappointed in the process of their 
> figuring out what to talk about.
>
> Ron
>
>
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>> *Charcoal Briquette Enterprise Development: **
>> /Lessons from the Harvest Fuel Initiative/*
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>> *March, 5, 2014**
>> *10:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m Eastern Standard Time (EST)**
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>> Charcoal briquettes made from various types of biomass feedstock have 
>> the potential to displace unsustainably produced charcoal and 
>> significantly reduce biomass consumption, but there are several 
>> factors that need to be taken into consideration before scaling up 
>> briquetting enterprises. Both the business and technology aspects 
>> need to be fully developed and tested before any attempt at reaching 
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>>     burning products?
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>>     appropriate to use with charcoal briquettes?
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>>     briquette enterprises, and what tools and resources are needed
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>> briquettes as quality, sustainable, and viable alternatives to 
>> charcoal in East Africa. The Harvest Fuel Initiative is a 
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