[Gasification] Gasification Digest, Vol 2, Issue 34

[Kevin Chisholm]

Dear Tom T
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> Unfortunately there is no organic matter except possibly coal or paper 
> which
> has low phosphate.

What would you think of a compost made basically from fir, spruce and white 
birch chips, with something like ammonium nitrate or urea to get the right 
C/N ratio, plus a minimum amount of manure for trace elements, enzymes, 
hormones, etc?

As everyone knows, the manures from confined animal feeding
> operations cause phosphate accumulation in the Eastern US waterways which
> contributes to algal blooms which kills the fish. Microfloral activity in 
> the
> soil is depressed also from excessive phosphate.

OK

There are ways of countering
> this problem which I have taken 40 years to develop and is a specialized 
> soil
> management program which has been enormously successful on all types of 
> soils.
> The US Gov't in the form of the Interior Department failed to follow 
> federal
> court orders and is under contempt of court order, but still put the 
> company
> below out of business.

It is a shame that things like this happen. Tom Reed apparently has a 
similar bad experience when developing methanol energy, where the Government 
and/or "outside forces" quashed an otherwise good program.

Best wishes,

Kevin
>