From: Bob Ewing & Jocelyn Paquette <sixdegrees@baynet.net>
To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Biogas digester plans
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 20:17:10 -0500
Greetings, anyone here familiar with the work of Jean Pain?
Bob
Robert Waldrop wrote:
> Haven't the Chinese exploited this on a fairly large scale in the
> countryside? Perhaps the Chinese embassy could help with some plans.
>
> Robert Waldrop, OKlahoma City
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Hall <JRHALL@gwgate.lib.iastate.edu>
> >My understanding from an independent researcher who had tried to
> develop a small farm scale biogas system for many years is that
> temperate climates are a huge obstacle to small scale biogas systems.
> The most efficient microbes are very picky about temperature, so you
> need a very warm and stable space for them to do their work. I think
> thats the reason many have tried and only a few systems in the warmest
> climates have actually succeeded...
>
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