Dear all,
I support the worries to Ron and Paul.
I am still getting surprised of the narrow sighted focus on char or charcoal as fuel and fuel only.
The deforestation of Haiti is very much related to charcoal production.
I am going to sign up and LISTEN.
Otto
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 17:54:23 -0600
From: psanders at ilstu.edu
To: biochar at yahoogroups.com
CC: stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org
Subject: Re: [Stoves] [biochar] From Cookstoves Webinar "Charcoal Briquette Enterprise Development" on March 5, Register Today!
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)
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 scale
is made. Some
of the
questions to
consider
include:
How
do we ensure
that the
briquettes
produced are quality,
clean burning
products?
How
do we
determine
which
cookstove
technologies
are most
appropriate to
use with
charcoal
briquettes?
What
are the
consumer’s
needs and how
can we produce
briquettes
that people
want to use?
What
are some
potential
business
models that
can be applied
to briquette
enterprises,
and what tools
and resources
are needed for
them to be
sustainable?
Join
the Winrock
and U.S. EPA “Charcoal
Briquette
Enterprise
Development”
webinar on
Wednesday,
March 5th to hear lessons learned from the
Harvest Fuel
Initiative’s
business- and
technology-driven
partnership
approach for
scaling up
carbonized
briquettes as
quality,
sustainable,
and viable
alternatives
to charcoal in
East Africa.
The Harvest
Fuel
Initiative is
a
collaboration
between The
Charcoal
Project and
the
Massachusetts
Institute of
Technology
(MIT)’s D-Lab
to promote
biomass fuel
alternatives
and clean
combustion
technologies
in the
developing
world.
Webinar
participation
is free. For
the web
portion, a
high-speed
internet
connection is
required. Please
note the
webinar
technology has
changed and you can now listen to audio
through your
computer.Additional
log-in
information
will be
provided upon
registration.
For
more
information on
this webinar,
please
contact:moderator at cookstovesandindoorair.org
Register
today for
the March 5th
Webinar
Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Time:
15:00 – 16:30
Coordinated
Universal Time
(UTC)/Greenwich
Mean Time
(GMT), which
is 10:00 a.m.
– 11:30 p.m.
Eastern
Standard Time
(EST)
About
the speakers:
Mr.
Jean Kim Chaix
Kim
co-founded The
Charcoal
Project (TCP)
in 2009 in
response to
the lack of
energy
efficient
solutions
available for
the 3 billion
people who
depend on
solid fuels as
their primary
fuel source.
Before TCP,
Kim spent two
decades as a
television
reporter
documenting
international
current events
and the
intersection
between
population and
the
environment.
In 2004 Kim
joined The
Nature
Conservancy
where he ran
the
organization’s
strategic
marketing and
communications
division. Kim
holds a degree
in biology and
is a graduate
of Columbia
University’s
Graduate
School of
Journalism.
4
Ms.
Sylvia Herzog
Sylvia
joined TCP as
the Chief
Operating
Officer in
2010 because
of a strong
interest in
finding
renewable
energy
solutions to
combat global
warming and
deforestation.
She manages
TCP’s
on-the-ground
projects and
develops new
projects, like
the Harvest
Fuel
Initiative.
Sylvia
oversees the
day-to-day
operations of
TCP and
contributes to
policy work.
Previously
Sylvia worked
in banking and
finance. She
has an MBA, a
Masters of
Public Policy
and a BA in
Economics, all
from the
University of
Michigan.
4
Ms.
Saida
Benhayoune
Saida
is the Program
Director for
‘Scale-Ups’ at
the
Massachusetts
Institute of
Technology
(MIT) D-Lab.
Captivated by
D-Lab’s
mission of
poverty
alleviation
through
technology
design and
dissemination,
Saida joined
in 2011 to
launch
Scale-Ups: an
acceleration
platform for
MIT social
innovators and
entrepreneurs
bringing
technologies
to market for
large-scale
social impact
in the
developing
world. Saida
holds a
biochemical
engineering
degree and an
MBA, and has
10 years of
experience in
manufacturing,
sourcing and
sustainability
for the food
industry.
4
Ms.
Kendra Leith
Kendra
is an
Assessment
Coordinator at
the MIT D-Lab.
She first came
to D-Lab in
2006 before
earning a
master’s
degree in City
Planning from
MIT. Kendra
returned to
D-Lab in 2011
to help shape
and oversee
market
research for
individual
D-Lab
Scale-Ups
projects and
establish an
overall
evaluation
strategy for
D-Lab. Her
goal is to
document
D-Lab’s impact
and provide
accurate
information to
help D-Lab
make informed
decisions.
4
Dr.
Dan Sweeney
Dan
is a Solid
Biomass Fuel
Research
Associate at
the MIT D-Lab.
Dan provides
technical
assistance to
Scale-Ups
partners and
performs lab
and
field-based
research and
development on
biomass and
waste
conversion
processes.
After
finishing a
PhD at the
University of
Utah, he moved
to Sweden for
a Fulbright
Fellowship
focused on the
development of
advanced
processes for
converting
biomass
residues to
energy and
fuels.
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through
coordination
of the
Partnership
for Clean
Indoor Air
(PCIA) and its
590 Partners
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countries from
2002-2012.
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integration of
PCIA and the
Global
Alliance for
Clean
Cookstoves in
2012, Winrock
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and private
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technical
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field studies
and global
knowledge
sharing. The
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activities is
to promote
effective
approaches
that lead to
increased use
of clean,
reliable,
affordable,
efficient, and
safe home
cooking and
heating
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