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  • From: Marty Kraft <martyk@allspecies.org>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Making Biochar in my New Char Chamber
  • Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 08:04:23 -0500

Liz

I don't know what exactly goes into the atmosphere. I'm sure that a lot of it it water from those fresh chips. There are oils that could be seen burning as they came out of the chamber. They add to the heating of my house. As John says a weight comparison is in order. I'll dry out a batch and see. Even if it is not totally efficient i'm sequestering more carbon and keeping it locked up for a much longer time through pyrolysis than it i put the chips in the soil and let them rot.

Marty
On Mar 31, 2011, at 6:00 PM, Liz wrote:

I was wondering this myself. In most of the videos I've seen about making charcoal, it sure looks like an awful lot of white smoke is going up into the atmosphere. Marty, I see that you're using an oxygen-reduced burn, which should release less CO2, but clearly it's not a zero-emissions situation. Are you certain that most of the CO2 in the wood isn't just floating away?

Liz

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