Crispin, You wrote: *If you have some feedback from real gardens it will communicate a lot. The viability of cooking while making char pivots on two things: the conversion of fuel to char without increasing the raw fuel demand, and the rate of positive return on char placed in the soil. The data that addresses these issues is of great interest to me.*
If you are looking for more data on the benefits of incorporating biochar into the soil, please take a look at this: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22013094/Biochar/slideshow.biochar.130528.pdf Thanks. Paul Olivier On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Art**** > > ** ** > > I appreciate the effort you put into the project and the report. One of > the things that has been difficult to estimate is the time it would take to > generate an ‘improved garden’ (or farm) using char from the area upon which > the garden sits. The point is that to do something at scale, on the scale > of hundreds of square miles, would mean generating the char on that same > land.**** > > ** ** > > If you have some feedback from real gardens it will communicate a lot. The > viability of cooking while making char pivots on two things: the conversion > of fuel to char without increasing the raw fuel demand, and the rate of > positive return on char placed in the soil. The data that addresses these > issues is of great interest to me.**** > > ** ** > > >We are getting back two "complaints": lack of a longevity and a better > multiple pot cook-top option. **** > > ** ** > > That is valuable marketing information. **** > > ** ** > > >These stoves will allow us to gain entry into the much larger urban and > peri-urban markets where people are sliding back down the "fuel ladder" due > to rising energy costs.**** > > ** ** > > We have noticed that in Indonesia there is a sensitivity to LPG fuel cost. > It is rises slightly a percentage of people go to wood 100% instead of 40%. > The income group they are in is not the bottom of the pyramid, just low.** > ** > > ** ** > > Regards**** > > Crispin**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > Stoves 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/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: > http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/ > > > -- Paul A. Olivier PhD 26/5 Phu Dong Thien Vuong Dalat Vietnam Louisiana telephone: 1-337-447-4124 (rings Vietnam) Mobile: 090-694-1573 (in Vietnam) Skype address: Xpolivier http://www.esrla.com/
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