[Terrapreta] Fwd: compost and charcoal

[Duane Pendergast]

Tom, Kevin, Lou

 

My wife and I ran across this little bit of US charcoal history in the
spring of 2003 and visited while on a trip through the Death Valley area.

 

http://www.nps.gov/archive/deva/Charcoal.htm

 

 

http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/np.death-valley.4.html

 

 

The websites above note they were in operation for only about ten years.
They don't say what happened to the surrounding forest. It is high and dry
there and the trees in the immediate neighborhood are quite small now.

 

We got some nice pictures, but I'm giving list members a bandwidth break.

 

I wonder if this was mentioned in the book you referenced.

 

Duane

 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:terrapreta-bounces at bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Tom Miles
Sent: November 25, 2007 11:15 AM
To: 'Kevin Chisholm'; 'lou gold'
Cc: 'terrapreta preta'
Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] Fwd: compost and charcoal

 

The meaning of "charcoal" in the US has simply changed. Until 1925

"charcoal" meant charcoal, lump or sold in various fine grades. Now most

people think it means charcoal briquettes. 

 

In the 1920s Henry Ford was faced with a shortage of wood alcohol which was

used as a solvent in lacquers and as anti-freeze. So he built a sawmill, a

(wood) auto body plant and a wood distillation plant to make his own in

Michigan. 

 

 

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