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Re: [permaculture] if there were a benefit to deforestation...
- From: Mathew Waehner <waehner@gmail.com>
- To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [permaculture] if there were a benefit to deforestation...
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 12:49:10 -0500
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> >Burning creates smoke, a pollutant
Proper biochar kilns produce very little smoke, because they consume nearly
all of the combustion byproducts, similar to a rocket stove.
> >and materials burned should be cold composted and then returned to the
> soil using appropriate tillage methods
That doesn't work well in the tropics, because soil organisms degrade the
humus and rain washes it away too quickly. Biochar lasts longer in soil.
As I understand it, the main *proven* benefit of biochar is that it provides
cation exchange capacity. Some soils in temperate climates are in dire need
of increased CEC, others have different needs.
>From the pictures I've seen on your blog, Larry, you are working good
peidmont clay. That has good cation exchange capacity, but needs organic
matter to build soil structure. Biochar probably wouldn't help much there.
But on the sandy soils of Eastern NC, biochar could enhancce soil fertility
significantly by holding onto nutrients.
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Re: [permaculture] shipping container house - insulated, cheap and quick!
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Re: [permaculture] shipping container house - insulated, cheap and quick!,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 01/05/2010
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Re: [permaculture] shipping container house - insulated, cheap and quick!,
paul wheaton, 01/05/2010
- Re: [permaculture] shipping container house - insulated, cheap and quick!, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 01/05/2010
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Re: [permaculture] shipping container house - insulated, cheap and quick!,
Jay Woods, 01/06/2010
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Re: [permaculture] shipping container house - insulated, cheap and quick!,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 01/06/2010
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Re: [permaculture] shipping container house - insulated, cheap and quick!,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 01/06/2010
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[permaculture] if there were a benefit to deforestation...,
Tripp Tibbetts, 01/06/2010
- Re: [permaculture] if there were a benefit to deforestation..., Steven & Margaret Eisenhauer, 01/07/2010
- Re: [permaculture] if there were a benefit to deforestation..., Lawrence F. London, Jr., 01/07/2010
- Re: [permaculture] if there were a benefit to deforestation..., Lawrence F. London, Jr., 01/07/2010
- Re: [permaculture] if there were a benefit to deforestation..., Mathew Waehner, 01/07/2010
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[permaculture] if there were a benefit to deforestation...,
Tripp Tibbetts, 01/06/2010
- Re: [permaculture] if there were a benefit to deforestation..., Lawrence F. London, Jr., 01/07/2010
- Re: [permaculture] if there were a benefit to deforestation..., Lawrence F. London, Jr., 01/07/2010
- Re: [permaculture] if there were a benefit to deforestation..., Steven & Margaret Eisenhauer, 01/08/2010
- Re: [permaculture] if there were a benefit to deforestation..., Scott Vlaun, 01/08/2010
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Re: [permaculture] shipping container house - insulated, cheap and quick!,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 01/06/2010
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Re: [permaculture] shipping container house - insulated, cheap and quick!,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 01/06/2010
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Re: [permaculture] shipping container house - insulated, cheap and quick!,
Jay Woods, 01/06/2010
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Re: [permaculture] shipping container house - insulated, cheap and quick!,
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