[Stoves] Biochar Production: Learn at Lunch Webinar, July 25

[Tom Miles]

Nikhil,

 

We have been farming the ocean for centuries and doing a bad job of it. We have overgrazed the fish population and driven many species to extinction. We have acidified the oceans and killed the biology reflected in coral reefs and shellfish. Our mismanagement of fertilizers has created dead zones. We have polluted the sea floor with biosolids and trash.  We have done our best to reduce the potential of the oceans to generate the biomass that ultimately feeds us. Over the years, while sailing off the west coast from Mexico to Alaska, we have seen the degradation. Growing and harvesting kelp is nothing new. It has been harvested for sodium alginates for centuries. We used to see them harvesting kelp off San Diego. Our record at managing ocean resources is not good. Nonetheless there is an “Ocean Blue” (?) movement to manage ocean resources for variety of purposes including carbon sequestration.  

 

Growing biomass in the ocean just to carbonize it would be If biochar can help recover from these disasters maybe we ought to be using it to remediate the ocean. Carbonized shell is great for pollutant capture.

 

More germane to this list is how ocean resources can be used to improve the lives of those living in island and seaside communities. Fresh water and cooking fuels are big challenges. How do you make cooking devices, like rockets or micro-gasifiers, last in a salty environment? How can you make potable water and cook food? When you make charcoal from coconut shell in a pit kiln in Aceh or in the Marianas do you sell it for cash to export, or use it to filter water, or both?   

 

Thanks

 

Tom 

 

From: Stoves [mailto:stoves-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Nikhil Desai
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2017 5:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [Stoves] Biochar Production: Learn at Lunch Webinar, July 25

 

Tom, List: 

Someone just drew my attention to the potential for farming in the oceans - Robotic Kelp Farms Promise an Ocean Full of Carbon-Neutral, Low-Cost Energy <http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/renewables/robotic-kelp-farms-promise-an-ocean-full-of-carbon-neutral-low-cost-energy>  IEEE Spectrum March 2017. 

Could oceans help generate billions of tons of biochar? 

 

Nikhil




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Nikhil Desai

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Skype: nikhildesai888

 

On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 7:45 PM, Tom Miles <tmiles at trmiles.com <mailto:tmiles at trmiles.com> > wrote:

For those interested in low tech flame carbonizers

 

Please help us get the word out about the upcoming Learn at Lunch Webinar:

 

LOW-TECH FLAME CARBONIZERS FOR BIOCHAR PRODUCTION: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS 🔥

Date: July 25, 2017, 12 pm (MDT <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/mdt> )

Speaker: Kelpie Wilson, Wilson Biochar Associates

 

Biochar is made by applying heat to biomass in the absence of oxygen. Flame

carbonization uses the flame itself to exclude oxygen. Flame carbonization methods

can produce high quality biochar from low value biomass waste found in fields and

forests without investing in expensive equipment. Kelpie Wilson will explain the theory

and design principles for using flame carbonizing techniques in various applications

such as forestry, farming and urban tree care.

 

Kelpie Wilson is a mechanical engineer and analyst with 30 years of experience in

renewable energy, sustainable forestry and resource conservation. Since 2008, she has

focused on biochar as a tool to move excess carbon from the atmosphere to soil, where it

can improve soil health and sequester carbon. She consults with farmers, private

industry, and government agencies through her company Wilson Biochar Associates. She

serves on the board of the US Biochar Initiative, works with several local groups in

Oregon promoting sustainable forestry and agriculture, and presents many classes and

workshops on small scale biochar production and use every year.

 

 <https://extension.zoom.us/j/318681458> REGISTER HERE

 

SAF or ISA continuing education credits are available to those that watch this webinar live.

 

Megan Dettenmaier

USU Forestry Extension Educator, Utah State University

5230 Old Main Hill

Logan, UT 84322-5230

435-797-8424 <tel:(435)%20797-8424> 

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