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<DIV>Dear Kevin and Stovers, </DIV>
<DIV> I would love to dissect wood smoke and study
farther but have no lab-yet. I have a bit of hands -on experience though. Wood
smoke seems to be good at repelling many
insects. </DIV>
<DIV> Birds like to fly through it, to get rid of
parasites I presume. I used it many times quite by accident at first, to run the
insects out of the greenhouse in the fall. The spiders seem to hide good and
come back to finish the job. They run faster than chewing insects for
example. </DIV>
<DIV> Smoke also settles creosote on plant leaves
and stems. This repels insects and seems to resist mildew and other
funguses. It probably kills the smaller insects, maybe hurts the eggs or
reproductive cycle of others. </DIV>
<DIV> Creosote wash may work as a great soil fungicide or
pesticide in specific strengths. Possibly breeaking down the smoke into active
components would help. Inquiring minds want to know. </DIV>
<DIV> Ash, on the other hand, is a nearly perfect
fertilizer, although sometimes out of balance. It contains everything a plant
needs including most micro-nutrients, except nitrogen. It also has amazing
surface area due to the micro silicon crystals fused by fire. This probably
could be an area of extensive intensive study. Anybody need a Ph.D. topic?
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<DIV> Mix fertilizer with urine, dilute with
compost, let sit to chemically and biologically cool off, and it seems to
be a good balanced combination match as a fertilizer. </DIV>
<DIV> Just my 2 cents, </DIV>
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<DIV> Dan Dimiduk </DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 11/13/2013 6:29:09 AM Eastern Standard Time,
kchisholm@ca.inter.net writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Dear Teddy</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=mailto:cookswelljikos@gmail.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org
href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org">Discussion of biomass cooking
stoves</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 13, 2013 5:14
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Stoves] Making smoke in
2013?</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Hi All,
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<DIV>Would anybody be able to clarify from an emissions standpoint, (and
honestly I am not sure I understand it completely) is wood smoke is 'food'
for tree's?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial># The first thing to do is define "smoke". :-) While
"pyrolysis products" may be beneficial for seed treatment or insect control,
I am guessing that the quantity, distribution and lack of permanence of
"pyrolysis products distributed as a result of poor combustion" would likely
have a minimil beneficial or detrimental effect on plant
growth.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial># The "products of complete combustion" of biomass are
basically CO2 and water vapour. Additional CO2 in the atmosphere will be
beneficial to plant growth only if existing CO2 levels were the constraint
to plant growth. I am guessing that this is seldom the case... the limiting
factors are probably more likely to be Sunlight, Moisture, and
Nutrients.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> If so, take my small stove business - if I sell 100 stoves in a
month that in total will use say - 1 ton of biomass (charcoal so perhaps 7
tons of wood). How many tree's would myself and my customers need to plant
every month to not only achieve a positive feedback loop of increased
biomass but be able to 100% reduce the emissions produced? </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial># The number of trees you need to support a stove
depends on the "Mean Annual Increment of Growth" for the trees being used
for fuel. For example, if heating my home requires 5 cords of wood per year,
and the "Mean annual increment" for spruce trees is 1 cord per acre per
year, then I would need an area of 5 acres to grow the trees required to
heat my home with no net increase or decrease of the wood on my woodlot. If
the woodlot is managed in a sustainable manner, then it is unlikely that
"re-planting" will be required, in that the trees will naturally "re-seed"
the harvested areas, or, depending on the species, the trees will send up
clones from their roots. Note that if one is not using "Sustainable
Management Practises, there will never be a gain in wood availability, no
matter how many trees are planted.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Is this even possible? I feel very strongly that woodfuel stove
manufacturers and users should be responsible for replanting, growing and
advocating tree planting as a future source of renewable energy, if only for
our own job security. I am also very interested in finding out how one can
actually measure the number of tree's needed to be grown compared to the
number of stoves in use? (especially if the woodlot is managed under a
pruning/coppicing regime).</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial># It is not that difficult. You need to know the
amount of wood consumed per year per stove, and the "Mean Annual Increment"
of growth for the tree species being grown in the particular area, and the
percentage of the "Mean Annual Increment" (MAI) that actually gets
used as fuel. For example, if the MAI is 1 cord per acre per year, and if
half the wood is sold off as logs, then 2 acres would be required to yield 1
cord of fuel wood.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>many thanks for any thoughts, </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial># I hope this is helpful.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Best wishes,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Kevin</FONT></DIV>
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