[Stoves] forced draft (Re: A Karve 13 August)

[Traveller]

Neil:

Thank you. I learned a little about biochar from a "stover" friend, guru
from decades ago - Stephen Joseph - back in 2008 but then lost track. I am
glad to read from you that there are consumer products now that you
consider "So versatile".

It is a gross error to ignore versatility and flexibility, and buy into the
USEPA propaganda of Water Boiling Tests. GACC could be a Faustian Bargain.
Except perhaps to those who pay the Clinton Foundation to play at the gala
performances of WJC and HRC.

I wonder if WHO Is fooling EPA - that its IAQ guideline is to be taken as
Moses' Fifteenth Commandment (all others can be ignored, just like WHO's
OAQ guideline is) - of EPA is fooling WHO - that its ratings based on a
silly test protocol for emission rates and area modeling will somehow
translate into mass acceptance and reduction in premature mortality. (There
will always be premature mortality; the GBD people will find something else
to blame it on, for example boredom with academia.)

Versatile. Durable. What a breath of fresh air, compared to the
intellectual smoke of Washington, DC.

If we are to continue this "cobenefits" paradigm - the pretension of saving
trees, lives, and climate - we might as well add in the co-benefits of
biochar, and assign value to customer satisfaction. The customer is
sovereign, not the expert class engaged in mutual back-scratching.


Nikhil






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On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 5:56 AM, <neiltm at uwclub.net> wrote:

> On 19 Aug 2016 at 19:25, Traveller wrote:
>
> > I remembered how some charcoal fires used to be run with a hand
> > blower. I found a modern version on Amazon.in, here
> > <http://www.amazon.in/Grill-Blower-Charcoal-Grills-Fireplaces/dp/B011
> > 7F268 0>
>
> These can sometimes be purchased for as little as one GB pound in pound
> shops in the UK (and a little more on ebay), and are excellent for
> starting or reviving volcano kettles when there is no wind and/or
> reluctant fuel, or for reviving a TLUD which has gone out, by simply
> blasting it into the top until the flame rekindles well enough to
> sustain, or less urgently applying it gently to the bottom outside
> airholes which can help a flagging  NDTLUD revive sometimes.  I use it as
> an occasional 'rescue' in other words.  Sustained use of it would be
> tedious as well as occupying both hands.  They seem surprisingly durable
> as well. I've had the same one for years.
>
> Just cooked a nice omelette on one of the Chinese NTLUDs using very fine
> dry wood chip - almost chain saw sawdust size.  This restricts the
> primary air nicely for a lengthy sustained moderate heat, but there is no
> possibility to add fuel at the end of the batch to keep it going, yet
> even such micro char successfully fuels our BBQ.  Using much larger fuel
> allows for indefinite burn time whether beginning the burn as a TLUD or
> not.  So versatile these stoves.  Much as I enjoyed the Reed fan woodgas
> campstoves, I no longer take them on trips now, but still use them
> occasionally at home.
>
> Neil Taylor
>
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