[Stoves] [Fwd: Re: Stoves in China]

[Jeff Davis]

Dear All,

Compost only last a few years.

Also, I have had much luck by not densifing fuel.

Jeff



> Stovers
> I suggest there may be much better use for charcoal than returning it to
> the forest. It does contain some nutrients like potassium, phosphorus,
> calcium etc but there are better ways to add these (compost) and it may
> help improve the structure of a poor soil. I don't see the carbon being
> available to the plants as I have found it in thousand year old
> archeology sites. I would think mixing it in with small fuel that is
> densified may be a better use.
> Frank
>
> Jeff Davis wrote:
>
>>Crispin wrote:
>>
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>>>As is obvious, if a person goes back into the forest to cut more wood,
>>>then there is a problem.
>>>
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>>>If I have a gasifier that requires 2 kg of wood each day, making 1 kg of
>>>charcoal is not helping the forest re-grow.
>>>
>>>
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>>The theory is that one would return the charcoal back to the forest.
>>
>>As a side note; truckers have a term for finding something to haul on the
>>empty leg of their trip but the term escapes me at present.
>>
>>
>>Jeff
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>
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Jeff Davis

Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA