[Terrapreta] Charcoal properties II

[Ron Larson]

   This is to thank Professor Antal for jumping into this charcoal 
properties dialog so helpfully.  We have never met, but have exchanged 
e-mail many times over about 10 years (lots of charcoal-related exchanges at 
the "stoves" part of "bioenergylists").

    The main thing about Michael's charcoal work that I have not yet seen 
here on "terrapreta" is his invention and development of a unique rapid, 
high-pressure batch means of producing charcoal.  Rather than the 25% 
charcoal (by weight) that most of us achieve, Michael gets 50%.

    Michael - can you add a bit on where your own (UH?) charcoaling 
commercialization efforts stand?

Ron


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael J. Antal, Jr." <mantal at hawaii.edu>
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Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 1:47 PM
Subject: [Terrapreta] Charcoal properties II


> Dear friends: many thanks for your kind comments and questions on my
> previous posting.  In what follows I will attempt to briefly respond to 
> the
> many messages I received.

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