[Terrapreta] charcoal costs

[Sean K. BArry]

Hi Jeff,

I agree that charcoal is best made on or very near the point of use.  Shipping biomass and/or product charcoal to/from an industrial size biomass-to-charcoal processing plant just seems to unnecessarily pay for the transportation cost.  "Neo Terra Preta" will require biomass from large areas spread over much of the land and the applied charcoal product will be put back again, onto large areas of land.  When trying to achieve or bring down that $200/ton of charcoal price, it will be much more efficient to eliminate "raw materials and product transpotation costs" from process.  Does anyone else in the group agree with this sense?

SKB
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jeff Davis<mailto:jeff0124 at velocity.net> 
  To: terrapreta at bioenergylists.org<mailto:terrapreta at bioenergylists.org> 
  Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 4:11 PM
  Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] charcoal costs


  Tony wrote:
  >Reasonable enough until I enquired
  > about shipping cost.  The shipping added an additional $900.  I wouldn't
  > flinch paying the $125, but $900 shipping?

  I think shipping, for most things, will be a problem in the future. Lucky
  are those who can make it on or near the point of use.


  Jeff



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