Comments on: BioChar: Agriculture’s “Black Gold” http://solarious.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/biochar-agricultures-black-gold/ adventures on the bumpy road to off-grid living Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:28:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Joe http://solarious.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/biochar-agricultures-black-gold/#comment-41 Joe Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:49:51 +0000 http://solarious.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-41 sweet, so the fire i started when i was a kid in the field across from my house wasn't really that bad. cleared the weeds and amended the sand. word! sweet, so the fire i started when i was a kid in the field across from my house wasn’t really that bad. cleared the weeds and amended the sand. word!

]]> By: Erich J. Knight http://solarious.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/biochar-agricultures-black-gold/#comment-40 Erich J. Knight Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:27:13 +0000 http://solarious.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-40 I hope you become as passionate as I have to spreading the news of the multiple solutions Terra Preta soils provides. I'm sort of a TP cub reporter for the list, most of my post are on news and collaborative efforts caught in my Google filters., my lobbying efforts with writers, companies, academics, journals or governments. If you have any other questions please feel free to call me or visit the TP web site I've been drafted to co-administer. http://terrapreta.bioenergylists.org/?q=node It has been immensely gratifying to see all the major players join the mail list , Cornell folks, T. Beer of Kings Ford Charcoal (Clorox), Novozyne the M-Roots guys(fungus), chemical engineers, Dr. Danny Day of EPRIDA , Dr. Antal of U. of H., Virginia Tech folks and many others Below is my current TP posting of News & Links which I promiscuously post to anyone who has an iron in this fire, cut and paste it freely . Cheers, Erich This technology represents the most comprehensive, low cost, and productive approach to long term stewardship and sustainability.Terra Preta Soils a process for Carbon Negative Bio fuels, massive Carbon sequestration, 10X Lower CH4 & N2O soil GHG emissions, and 3X Fertility Too. UN Climate Change Conference: Biochar present at the Bali Conference http://terrapreta.bioenergylists.org/steinerbalinov2107 SCIAM Article May 15 07; http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=5670236C-E7F2-99DF-3E2163B9FB144E40 After many years of reviewing solutions to anthropogenic global warming (AGW) I believe this technology can manage Carbon for the greatest collective benefit at the lowest economic price, on vast scales. S.1884 – The Salazar Harvesting Energy Act of 2007 A Summary of Biochar Provisions in S.1884: Carbon-Negative Biomass Energy and Soil Quality Initiative for the 2007 Farm Bill http://www.biochar-international.org/newinformationevents/newlegislation.html BIG Terra Preta Soil news; Biopact, a leading bioenergy web site, has announced the creation of a "Biochar Fund" to help poor farmers improve their quality of life without hurting the environment. http://biocharfund.com/ Glomalin, the recently discovered soil protien, may be the secret to to TP soils productivity; The International Biochar Initiative (IBI) conference held at Terrigal, NSW, Australia in 2007. The papers from this conference are posted at their home page; http://www.biochar-international.org/home.html All the Biochar Companies and equipment manufactures I've found: Carbon Diversion http://www.carbondiversion.com/ Eprida: Sustainable Solutions for Global Concerns http://www.eprida.com/home/index.php4 BEST Pyrolysis, Inc. | Slow Pyrolysis - Biomass - Clean Energy - Renewable Ene http://www.bestenergies.com/companies/bestpyrolysis.html Dynamotive Energy Systems | The Evolution of Energy http://www.dynamotive.com/ Ensyn - Environmentally Friendly Energy and Chemicals http://www.ensyn.com/who/ensyn.htm Agri-Therm, developing bio oils from agricultural waste http://www.agri-therm.com/ Advanced BioRefinery Inc. http://www.advbiorefineryinc.ca/ Technology Review: Turning Slash into Cash http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/17298/ Genesis Industries, licensee of Eprida technology, provides carbon-negative EPRIDA energy machines at the same cost as going direct to Eprida. Our technical support staff also provide information to obtain the best use of biochar produced by the machine. Recent research has shown that EPRIDA charcoal (biochar) increases plant productivity as it sequesters carbon in soil, thus reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide. http://www.egenindustries.com/ I hope you become as passionate as I have to spreading the news of the multiple solutions Terra Preta soils provides.
I’m sort of a TP cub reporter for the list, most of my post are on news and collaborative efforts caught in my Google filters., my lobbying efforts with writers, companies, academics, journals or governments.

If you have any other questions please feel free to call me or visit the TP web site I’ve been drafted to co-administer. http://terrapreta.bioenergylists.org/?q=node

It has been immensely gratifying to see all the major players join the mail list , Cornell folks, T. Beer of Kings Ford Charcoal (Clorox), Novozyne the M-Roots guys(fungus), chemical engineers, Dr. Danny Day of EPRIDA , Dr. Antal of U. of H., Virginia Tech folks and many others

Below is my current TP posting of News & Links which I promiscuously post to anyone who has an iron in this fire, cut and paste it freely .

Cheers,
Erich

This technology represents the most comprehensive, low cost, and productive approach to long term stewardship and sustainability.Terra Preta Soils a process for Carbon Negative Bio fuels, massive Carbon sequestration, 10X Lower CH4 & N2O soil GHG emissions, and 3X Fertility Too.

UN Climate Change Conference: Biochar present at the Bali Conference
http://terrapreta.bioenergylists.org/steinerbalinov2107

SCIAM Article May 15 07;
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=5670236C-E7F2-99DF-3E2163B9FB144E40

After many years of reviewing solutions to anthropogenic global warming (AGW) I believe this technology can manage Carbon for the greatest collective benefit at the lowest economic price, on vast scales.

S.1884 – The Salazar Harvesting Energy Act of 2007

A Summary of Biochar Provisions in S.1884:

Carbon-Negative Biomass Energy and Soil Quality Initiative

for the 2007 Farm Bill

http://www.biochar-international.org/newinformationevents/newlegislation.html

BIG Terra Preta Soil news;

Biopact, a leading bioenergy web site, has announced the creation of a “Biochar Fund” to help poor farmers improve their quality of life without hurting the environment.
http://biocharfund.com/

Glomalin, the recently discovered soil protien, may be the secret to to TP soils productivity;

The International Biochar Initiative (IBI) conference held at Terrigal, NSW, Australia in 2007. The papers from this conference are posted at their home page; http://www.biochar-international.org/home.html

All the Biochar Companies and equipment manufactures I’ve found:

Carbon Diversion
http://www.carbondiversion.com/

Eprida: Sustainable Solutions for Global Concerns
http://www.eprida.com/home/index.php4

BEST Pyrolysis, Inc. | Slow Pyrolysis - Biomass - Clean Energy - Renewable Ene
http://www.bestenergies.com/companies/bestpyrolysis.html

Dynamotive Energy Systems | The Evolution of Energy
http://www.dynamotive.com/

Ensyn - Environmentally Friendly Energy and Chemicals
http://www.ensyn.com/who/ensyn.htm

Agri-Therm, developing bio oils from agricultural waste
http://www.agri-therm.com/

Advanced BioRefinery Inc.
http://www.advbiorefineryinc.ca/

Technology Review: Turning Slash into Cash
http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/17298/

Genesis Industries, licensee of Eprida technology, provides carbon-negative EPRIDA energy machines at the same cost as going direct to Eprida. Our technical support staff also provide information to obtain the best use of biochar produced by the machine. Recent research has shown that EPRIDA charcoal (biochar) increases plant productivity as it sequesters carbon in soil, thus reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide.

http://www.egenindustries.com/

]]> By: Tom Humes http://solarious.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/biochar-agricultures-black-gold/#comment-37 Tom Humes Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:16:59 +0000 http://solarious.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-37 Nice Site layout for your blog. I am looking forward to reading more from you. Tom Humes Nice Site layout for your blog. I am looking forward to reading more from you.

Tom Humes

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