<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Crispin:<br><br> What alternatives to Biochar do you have in mind?. There are three parties likely to be involved with a number like $150/ton char: those willing to pay for an equal (roughly) amount of fuel/energy, those interested in soil improvement, and those interested in sequestering atmospheric carbon.<br><br> If (big IF) we could get the atmospheric folk to do $50 - that is only about $17/ton CO2.<br><br>Ron<br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Crispin Pemberton-Pigott" <crispinpigott@gmail.com><br>To: "Discussion of biomass cooking stoves" <stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org><br>Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 10:59:17 AM<br>Subject: Re: [Stoves] [biochar] Capturing carbon in the timber industry<br><br><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Dear Tom</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">The continuing interest continue to give me hints. What I have read (mostly from Japanese trials) indicates the results are there but spotty. There is no way to quantify ‘and increase’ in a general sense. For the amount of money and effort there are alternatives.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Regards</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Crispin</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><div><div style="border-right: medium none; border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">+++++++++</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";" lang="EN-US"></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">Crispin,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">Benefits tend to be specific to soils and circumstances. There has been lots of research by forest soil scientists in the US West in recent years (Montana, Idaho, Oregon). I know of a couple of private companies that are doing field trials. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">The best documentation for the benefits of char is referenced on the website of the International Biochar Initiative (<a href="http://www.biochar-international.org" target="_blank">www.biochar-international.org</a>). We also have considerable information at <a href="http://www.biochar.bioenergylists.org" target="_blank">www.biochar.bioenergylists.org</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">Several biochar-in-forest-soil papers have been presented at the many regional, national and international biochar, agronomy and soil science conferences. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">Tom</span></p></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Stoves mailing list<br><br>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<br>Stoves mailing list<br><br>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<br>http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org<br><br>for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site:<br>http://www.bioenergylists.org/<br>Stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org<br>http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org<br></div></body></html>