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Dear Steve,<br><br> I spent most of my adult life teaching people how to heat their homes without smoke coming from the chimney, when I see pictures of areas where bio char is being made I see horrible air pollution from the fires, and then I see trucks burning tons of gas/diesel to move this product long distances and sold so cheap that it's producers really don't get paid much at all for all this effort. I am really not even sure that there is any benefit which has been proven yet. If indeed there is a benefit to our food cycle, then there must also be a way of accomplishing this end without what looks like so much waste and pollution of air, land, and water. I am beginning to think that the only answer is negative population growth......sterilize everyone at birth, and remove a good portion of the overall population.....but where would they go?<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:48:21 +0100<br>From: steve@thetaylorfamily.org.uk<br>To: stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org<br>Subject: Re: [Stoves] High mass space heating options Re: Rocket Stove for the PLACE<br><br><br><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On 11 October 2011 04:12, Fireside Hearth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:firesidehearthvashon@hotmail.com">firesidehearthvashon@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Hello Alex.....<br><br> So I guess maybe I am interested in learning about how char is made now and just maybe I might think of ways to make it with less environmental down sides. Any further info would be great, Thanks for your time.<br>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br>I think you need to be more specific about how you think that using all the energy from the rest of the material in a clean way makes the resulting carbon residue have downsides ? The carbon residue is sequestered carbon, ready to be put back into the plant cycle. Slash/burn isn't designed to make char, its designed to clear land. <br>
<br>Steve <br></div></div><div style="visibility:hidden;left:-5000px" id="ecxavg_ls_inline_popup"></div><style>
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