[Terrapreta] Indigenous burning

[CAVM at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/18/2007 11:15:33 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
tmiles at trmiles.com writes:

In  Iowa we have  been burning switchgrass, a native prairie grass, as fuel 
in an industrial  boiler. _http://www.iowaswitchgrass.com/_ 
(http://www.iowaswitchgrass.com/)  Our  experience in Iowa has shown that a native prairie grass  
like switchgrass will have about 4-6 tons of removable straw per acre and  
another 1.5 to 2 tons in the form of stubble for a total of 6-8 tons per  acre


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Tom, is this direct combustion or gasification? How do the economics work  
out for paying the farmers for the switchgrass?  We have conducted a couple  of 
studies of the economics for various groups and farm raised biomass ends up  
pretty expensive.
 
Neal Van Milligen
Kentucky Enrichment Inc
_www.kentuckyenrichment.com_ (http://www.kentuckyenrichment.com) 
_cavm at aol.com_ (mailto:cavm at aol.com) 
 
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