...and now, back to discussions about community gardens.
----McG
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Campbell" <[email protected]>
To: "'Ken Hargesheimer'" <[email protected]>; "'kane'"
<[email protected]>
Cc: "'Community Gardens'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Community_garden] FACT SHEET ON BIOCHAR
Ken,
I, for one, am not willing to jump to such rash conclusions as you on this
biochar subject. I think that the piece offered by Kane takes a sound
approach to this relatively new technology. It suggests that pyrolysis,
and
subsequent biochar byproduct, MAY have useful applications, dependent on
site specific conditions and situations, and the type of feedstocks. It is
relatively new on the scene. There are a number of researchers, public and
private, around the globe spending time in research on its viability as
per
energy production, carbon sequestration, and agriculture
enhancement...trying to fill the "knowledge gap", as the Fact Sheet so
correctly puts it.
If we stopped learning and trying new things, I suspect that we would miss
valuable knowledge and tools in creating a more sustainable way of living.
Namaste
Jeff Campbell
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Ken
Hargesheimer
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 7:39 PM
To: kane
Cc: Community Gardens
Subject: Re: [Community_garden] FACT SHEET ON BIOCHAR
Kane,
I can not believe the hype about such a sorry thing and the conflicting
statements. Use crop reside and manure to make biochar which takes
thousands of years to break down. I am not interested in it for farming
and
will await a response from a farmer if one ever uses it. Look at the
energy
it takes to make the stuff even out of non-farm waste. Composting is the
way
to go. Some people who want to become famous are using biochar to get
their
name before the world just like Al Gore and his sky-is-falling talk.
There
is plenty of proof he and biochar fans are wrong if one is seeking Truth.
Ken Hargesheimer
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