[Stoves] hot wood - biochar, rocket stoves, and rocket mass heaters

[Crispin Pemberton-Pigott]

Dear Friends



This is part of a newsletter from a group of Permaculture advocates.  It happens they are talking about stives and char making.  It may interest some of you.

Regards

Crispin



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>From Paul Wheaton:

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As the weather turns wet and crumby, my thoughts turn to wood, preferably hot wood. Jay Angler here with some thoughts about things that need hot wood - biochar, rocket stoves, and rocket mass heaters.



We use a conventional wood stove, but I love making small batches of biochar using a pot in the stove. Here's a thread about that approach:



https://permies.com/t/44894



What if you need to deal with a *lot* of wood and your land could use a *lot* of biochar? Carl Nystrom is experimenting with  a trench style biochar pit:



https://permies.com/t/157204



T Blankinship demonstrates his rocket stove for cooking a quick lunch and was very happy with his friend's reaction. Let's get more people trying this and posting their stories about just how little wood it takes:



https://permies.com/t/166643



In this podcast, Paul is consulting on a Matt Walker RMH construction.



https://permies.com/wiki/168601



Have you ever read the back cover of a book?  Paul and Mike are looking for input on what the back of the SKIP book should say.  Please check out the "poor man's poll" here:



https://permies.com/t/168477



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Paul Wheaton, 2120 s reserve #351, missoula, mt 59801
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