[Terrapreta] Carbon market

[Robert Flanagan]

Hi Lloyd,

You might like to have a look at this as link to show the massive potential
of biochar in the ever growing carbon market
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/NEWS/Resources/State&Trendsformatted06May10pm.pdf
(Jump
from $30B last year to over $64B this year).

I don't believe what we need is necessarily more websites as much as more
structure and direction so that we can conduct as many tests as possible and
return data to guide others (Christelle is almost finished the updated
design on her biochar data base so expect an update very soon!). Here is an
easy to follow guide if you have some char, soil and seeds
http://terrapreta.bioenergylists.org/files/charcoalab_kit.pdf .

Key points to note are feedstock for charcoal like agricultural wastes like
corn stover or nut shells, animal waste like chicken litter or forest
thinning's (Not hardwood charcoal that came from tropical rain forest!) and
any information about production method (gasification or pyrolysis) and if
possible production temperature (Low 400C, Mid 600C or High 800C+). If every
one on this list did this simple 30day trail and posted pictures and some
details of findings we would all be 100% more informed. Data and structure
like this is paramount to the success of international support as I'm sure
we'll discuss at this years IBI meeting in Newcastle, September this year.

Kind regards,
Rob.

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 7:11 AM, Lloyd Helferty <lhelferty at sympatico.ca>
wrote:

>  Linda,
>
>   I have created a new Google group, Biochar Ontario<http://groups.google.com/group/biochar-ontario>,
> at http://groups.google.com/group/biochar-ontario
> For anyone on this e-mail thread who is interested in joining the group but
> has not received a personal invitation, please e-mail me with a request or
> visit the website (above) and click "Join this group<http://groups.google.com/group/biochar-ontario/subscribe>
> ".
>
>     Lloyd Helferty
>     Thornhill, ON
>     905-707-8754
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Laepple [mailto:laepple at golden.net]
> *Sent:* June 9, 2008 3:35 AM
> *To:* Lloyd Helferty; 'Gary Barei'
> *Cc:* terrapreta at bioenergylists.org; jnasr at ryerson.ca;
> doug at douglasprest.com; 'Bruce Darrell'; 'Dennis Morrison'; 'Edward
> Someus'; 'Erik Van Lennep'; 'Jp Warren'; 'Natalie Helferty';
> rspiegal at pathcom.com; 'Xavier de Lamo'; Rob Yost
> *Subject:* Re: [Terrapreta] First Hello & General Background
>
>   Hi Every One,
> Very interesting conversation, would someone have the time to start a
> "Biochar" yahoo group, so we can save files, post news, announce events,
> arrange meetings and follow a more formal agenda?
> With your help and input, I can see the opportunity of adding a bio char
> pre feasibility study project to our ( already established and growing)
> Renewable Energy Co-operative's agenda. Currently we are working on ( and
> have received some funding for) Community Wind and Co-operative Biogas.
>
> Linda Laepple
> Chair
> Local Initiative for Future Energy Coop Inc.
> Petersburg Ontario
> N0B 2H0
> Tel: 519 634 1033
> www.lifecoop.ca
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Lloyd Helferty <lhelferty at sympatico.ca>
> *To:* 'Gary Barei' <garyb1957 at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* terrapreta at bioenergylists.org ; jnasr at ryerson.ca ;
> doug at douglasprest.com ; 'Laepple' <laepple at golden.net> ; 'Bruce Darrell'<brucedarrell at gmail.com>; 'Dennis
> Morrison' <openwindowsdm at yahoo.ca> ; 'Edward Someus'<edward.someus at gmail.com>; 'Erik
> Van Lennep' <erik at tepuidesign.com> ; 'Jp Warren' <jpwarren at interlog.com> ;
> 'Natalie Helferty' <nhelferty at rogers.com> ; rspiegal at pathcom.com ; 'Xavier
> de Lamo' <xavi.delamo at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, June 08, 2008 9:10 PM
> *Subject:* RE: [Terrapreta] First Hello & General Background
>
> Gary,
>
>   Thank you for the post.  I am also in Ontario and have been discussing
> with others here in Ontario (and elsewhere) how we can move ahead with field
> trials of biochar.  The lead people on this 'project' have been Linda
> Lapelle, an organic farmer who lives south of Guelph (in Petersburg,
> Ontario), and Douglas Prest, a socially responsible entrepreneur who lives
> in Dundas Ontario.  We have many other people involved in discussions as
> well.  Linda has even mentioned doing trials on (a small part of) her 250
> acre organic farm and maybe even a neighbouring (conventional) farm.  Both
> Linda and Doug have talked to OMAFRA about doing trials, but with little
> coming out of it at this time. (I think that if others were to mention it,
> this might help them realize that there is a real broad-based interest --
> especially if it comes from the farming community.)
>   We've also been talking about using Biochar on Rooftop Gardens with a
> gentleman in Toronto by the name of Dennis Morrison as well, and have had
> discussions and met with folks from as far away as Ireland and the US and SE
> Queensland, Australia.  We had even met up recently (in Montreal) with a
> gentleman who lives in Budapest, Hungary who has a system that creates a
> biochar soil enhancement product from biowaste that he claims is one of the
> most innovative and environmentally friendly systems to date, and he would
> like to market, sell, install and support a new business based around his
> systems in North America. (We are looking at the possibility of creating
> somewhat decentralized regional biochar processors through farming co-ops or
> 'socially responsible' businesses rather than profit-only driven
> businesses.)
>   I would suggest you contact Doug and Linda as they are also interested in
> "research and use of biochar from a gardening soil enhancement level" and
> perhaps also "to the multi-product strategies of corporate players".  I'm
> thinking that a 'critical mass' may have been reached here in Ontario to
> start our own separate e-mail discussion list centering around Biochar and
> the testing / application thereof.
> Get back to us on what you think.
>      Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist
>     Product Development and Support Specialist
>     Thornhill, ON
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* terrapreta-bounces at bioenergylists.org [mailto:
> terrapreta-bounces at bioenergylists.org] *On Behalf Of *Gary Barei
> *Sent:* May 28, 2008 5:29 PM
> *To:* terrapreta at bioenergylists.org
> *Subject:* [Terrapreta] First Hello & General Background
>
> Hello List Members!
>
> I've been reading archived terrapreta list posts for some time now and have
> enjoyed following links, photos and discussions that you have all provided.
> Thank you.
>
> I live in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, (for about a year now), which has a fine
> agricultural/veterinary tradition and University.  I am looking for
> honest/fun/interesting opportunities in a sector that I can honestly
> contribute to in a positive way.  The kids are gone to college, one in
> architecture and one into computers.  Me? I'm an old "biotech" guy - B.Sc.
> in Microbiology and Immunology, then some M.Sc. studies related to T-cell
> development, lots of time in laboratories.  Then I got into the sales &
> marketing / management end of things, mostly providing a huge array of
> biotechnology products to private, commercial, hospital and government labs
> across the country.  This allowed me to wear a tie and travel a lot, but
> still keep current with my love for science, new technologies and
> opportunities. Along the way, I've developed a pretty eclectic array of
> interests - Hydrogen storage and biomass usage technologies among them.  It
> was always fun providing the basic research reagents and tools to such a
> broad base of scientific labs across the country - lots of people doing lots
> of cool stuff ... and of course, some not so cool.
>
> I've been a senior manager at companies like Amersham BioSciences,
> Sigma-Aldrich and Fisher Scientific, among others.
>
> I'm particularly interested in this list's discussions into research and
> use of biochar from a gardening soil enhancement level to the multi-product
> strategies of corporate players like Eprida, Best and Dynamotive.  Perhaps
> my experience bringing lots of new technologies to markets in the biotech
> sector can serve well in the renewable biomass and carbon sequestration
> world!
>
> In any event, I hope I haven't started off with a "too irrelevant" post and
> I hope to be able to make a small contribution to your discussions.
> Questions & comments are OK by me!
>
> Kindest Regards,
>
> Gary Barei
>
>
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