[TheForge] eco coke

[Jerry Smith]

The folks over seas seem to like eco coke for their steel production, can't say 
any things about using that product for my garden.

Remember that the first person to the patent office makes the money.

Jerry




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From: peter fels <artgawk at thegrid.net>
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Sent: Wed, May 25, 2011 7:38:04 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] eco coke

Seems the "biochar" has other soil virtues, including fighting compaction, 
holding water for  an extended time for plant roots and sequestering some 
nutrients for later use....It also endures a heck of a long time.
Buried wood gets broken down and returns to the carbon cycle pretty promptly, 
given moisture.


On May 25, 2011, at 4:08 PM, CraigSchaefer wrote:

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> "As promoted in America,  it wasn't the charcoal fuel goal, but as a method 
> of turning waste wood into sequestered carbon  soil." 
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> Couldn't you just bury the crap and sequester ALL of the carbon instead of 
>letting some of it go as CO2 and CO from burning off the volatiles? 
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> 
> Hard to believe someone got a recent patent on this idea.  Making charcoal in 
>an airtight environment is not a recent revelation. 
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