----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 11:04 Subject: Re: [biofuel] Ammonia as Fuel
> > ... but not until the sludge has been composted. That it's "rich" in > N, P and K doesn't necessarily make it a good fertilizer, and in fact > it's fraught with VOCs and other stuff that kills the soil life > (including the micorrhizal fungi) and destroys the soilfood web. > " VOC's ", I know I should know it, but, for the life of me I can't remember right now. Volatile Organic Compounds? I always thought that the sludge should be composted before using. Would the composting take care of them? I remember reading a book about Methane Digesters, and the author stated that after a certain amount of spillage (a few months after he started ), were he unloaded the sludge ( into a tanker for spreading on his fields ) he had a big flush of mushrooms, that never seamed to go away. If this is true could not the micorrhizal fungi also benefit with limited application? > Biogas and composting can go very well together, not necessarily > either one or the other. > True. > And a bit more than that. Why don't you join in the other current > thread on biogas? It's of much interest to all biofuellers - re which > more later. > I have missed some of that, for some reason, Yahoo ( funny, how I always want to call it something else when I'm mad at them ), is not sending me all of the messages from this list in particular, but, from a few others as well. It may be that I notice it more on this list, due to it's higher activity.
