[Terrapreta] ancient forests: under-rated carbon sinks

[Michael Bailes]

One "Best Energies pyrolysis plant can, I think, produce 2-4 tonnes of
charcoal per hour
Maybe 50-100 tonnes per day
Is that right Stephen?
michaelangelica

On 13/03/07, PurNrg at aol.com <PurNrg at aol.com> wrote:
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> In a message dated 3/12/07 3:18:03 PM, sean.barry at juno.com writes:
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> The question is then. Which is more valuable, charcoal or bio-gas?
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> Terra pretans and wee beasties all concur -- the charcoal is more
> important :-)>. We're gonna need a LOT of this stuff if we're going to
> impact the soil in any meaningful way. So, of course the 'energy people'
> will be lobbying for more bio-gas to feed our insatiable appetite, but in
> the long term, more charcoal in the soil could be of more profound benefit
> and might feed us on other more important levels. It will be a push me pull
> you for sure :-)>
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> Warm Regards to All, Peter :-)>
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> Peter :-)>
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