[Gasification] Small steam systems plus gasifiers for electricity

[Jeff Davis]

Thanks Tom,

Interesting way to combine grass compost, charcoal, heat and 
gasification. If there is a market and I guess there is - I'll have to 
consider this (less the shyster stuff) ! !


Thanks,
Jeff



On 12/02/2013 10:24 PM, Tom Miles wrote:
>
> Jeff,
>
> Nothing is that sensible. With retail garden products, and especially 
> on eBay, weight and value go out the window. It's whatever the 
> customer (sucker?) will pay for a package. Garden products are usually 
> sold by volume, not weight.
>
> Take the 5 gallon bucket of biochar that weighs 17 lbs. The blend is 
> 25 lb/ft3 (17 lb/0.67 ft3). If the biochar is about 8 lb/ft3 and the 
> additive, say compost, is 42 lb/ft3 then that's a ~50:50 blend by 
> weight. Is it worth $56? Sip the KoolAid and pay the $56 to support 
> your biochar curiosity.  There are some very good biochar-compost 
> blends that sell for far less.
>
> I like the Biochar "charflakes" at $129/5 gal or $65/2 gal. $192/ft3 
> (>$5,000 CY) or $240/ft3? (That 5 gal plastic bucket must be worth 
> more than $2 that I pay.)
>
> I'll take the 40lb bag for $33 ($0.83/lb). That must be a misprint. 
> The same supplier wants  $1.80/lb for 10 lb and 2.60/lb for 5 lb.
>
> We don't really know what portion or how much of a market these retail 
> garden products represent but several sharp marketers are taking 
> advantage of it. If you are willing to do the packaging and sales and 
> get a lot more than $1/ft3 then you are at the head of the class.
>
> At least eBay makes it easy to find these things on the internet.
>
> Tom
>

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