[Terrapreta] Biomass sources

[Jeff Davis]

Dear All,


http://www.puffergas.com/fireballs/pond-1.html
and
http://www.puffergas.com/fireballs/pond-2.html

Best regards,

Jeff



Kurt wrote:
> Were is the biomass going to come from? Sure, there is quite a bit of
> waste available, but nowhere enough to provide what we need. (I'm
> talking municipal waster here, not socalled "crop waste"). There IS a
> possibility:. *ALGAE*. If you haven't already, have a look at
> "oil_from_algae" a mailing list that's a next door neighbour. Especially
> the early posts as I suspect it's also bogged down in talk about
> subsidies and all that crap, at present. An acre of algae pond can
> produce huge volumes of biomass. Some of it even has oil in it which
> would be usefull for fuel. Easier to grow would be ordinary algae, such
> as maybe spirulina. Dry it, pelletize it and pyrolise it--- there could
> be your char. Where would you grow it? Desert areas come to mind, even
> floating farms, on the sea. Many algae grow quite happily in salt water
> so water supplies might not be a problem, though spent water disposal
> might be.
>

-- 
Jeff Davis

Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA