[Stoves] Collaborative Stove Design Workshop

[Jock Gill]

Dean & John,

The simple fact is that no combustion device will ever remove carbon from the atmosphere.  If a fundamental problem is that there is too much CO2 [carbon] in the atmosphere, then removing carbon from the atmosphere is an essential imperative.

The most direct, simple and proven way to remove carbon from the atmosphere is the pyrolysis of biomass.  Therefore, what we need are heating devices that are based on pyrolysis.  Combustion is both old school and not an answer to the imperative of carbon removal.

For the record, Jerry Whitfield, who designed and manufactured the first working wood pellet stove in 1984, has now developed the designs for a pyrolytic parlor stove.  Unfortunately, at this time, there is no market for the carbon [biochar] that such a stove would create.  Until such time as the imperative of removing carbon from the atmosphere is recognized and valued, perhaps a significant carbon tax, there is no way to commercialize pyrolytic devices in general, much less for residential use.  It may also be required that we reject the old industrial era model of extraction and exploitation and replace it with a model more early akin to regenerative stewardship, with an eye towards a future that could be vibrant, dynamic and abundant.  

Thoughts?

Regards,

Jock

Jock Gill
P.O. Box 3
Peacham,  VT 05862

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> On May 21, 2014, at 9:59 AM, Dean Still <deankstill at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear friends,
> 
> Renewable energy technology is developing quickly to mitigate global climate change.  We don't have any time to lose if wood and pellet heating technology is going to compete amongst the renewable energy solutions.
> 
> Pellet stoves and then automated pellet boilers were a huge technological step forward.  We believe a next step may be affordable, automated wood stoves to maximize the potential of the stove and minimize its inefficiencies. 
> 
> That is why we are holding the Collaborative Stove Design Workshop at Brookhaven National Lab from Nov. 4 - 7.  Building off the very successful Wood Stove Decathlon, we will test, assess and help improve up to 6 automated biomass heating stoves, who will be competing for a modest prize.  Instead of a large event open to the public, this will be an intensive 4 days for 30 stove professionals to push the envelope of stove innovation.
> 
> Aprovecho is building a 'super-clean' biomass heating stove entry based on cooking stove technology that is more advanced than current heating stoves.
> 
> John Ackerly
> Dean Still
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