Hi Luke and Peter,
On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 10:19:11 -0700 "Luke Gardner" <[email protected]> wrote: >I think its safe to say that we collectively agree that interfering >with the long cycle like we have is bad. The question I pose is >this. By how many years is it acceptable to short circuit the short cycle? Your long and short cycle explanation is very easy to understand and will be appreciated by many who have English as a second language. Those on this Forum are already committed to finding ways, so all comments fall on fertile ground. Cranking up short term cycle biomass consumption of say flax,hemp,straws,etc, would be useful if the clothing industry was motivated to use more Viscose type materials, along with cotton and wool. Polyesters seem to be the greatest waste of fossil carbon, and clothing manufactures need greater insentives to use more "natural type fibre". If you consider how long a good quality garment would last, it extends the annual cycle out for quite a few years. On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:33:15 -0500 "Pete & Sheri" <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, from what I read, about 25% of all petroleum goes into non-fuel >uses; eg: plastics. To the degree that they don’t biodegradable, doesn’t >that put a LOT of carbon bearing material back into your “long cycle”, >taking it totally out of the “short cycle”? From what we see of plastics in the sea, excluding Landfills, they degrade at varying rates probably right back down to carbon molecules again. This may be speeded up once into the food chain via fish, then filter feeders,then plankton, and then bacteria. From reports that I have watched on TV, this could happen within ten years extending out, depending on the grade of plastic. I'm seeing a lot of plastics now that crumble within a year if left in the Sun. >Is't the whole forest thing in a state of equilibrium already, except >for CHANGES in forestation practices? Not sure what you mean by equilibrium. Rain forest is being cleared at an ever increasing rate, replaced with rape and palm oils. We need bio-diversity if we want to return to using plant derived medications, plus plants that have stood the test of time. I cannot speak for Foresters, but it appears that by selective seed and cloning practise trees can grow faster and bigger. New Zealand’s Radiata Pine is an example I know of first hand. My own interest is to see the evolution of a "Super Tree", but need to clone myself first! Doug Williams, Fluidyne. _______________________________________________ Gasification mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/
