Paul, Couldn't listen because I was in truck and then out. Slide looked interesting, if dense. Is there a link to follow to listen now? M PS Big celebration today. Team Malawi just surpassed 3,000 sma

A paper presented on the Green Webinar a few months ago suggested that very small "dust" sized particles are actually hydro phobic. M

Bravo, Rick, Thank you so much for this critical observation. I am all for verification, certification and so on. But one size does not fit all. In most uses, biochar is and can be truly basic stuff.

Kim, thank you for making this available to all of us. I would just note that recent research suggests that the Amazonian forests of Brazil have now been degraded to the point that they are actually g

Thank you, Norm. If you are still having trouble getting the full article, just ask and I will send it. Have been a bit shy about publicizing too much. M Michael Shafer www.warmheartworldwide.org www.

Great hope, Tom, despite my having big issues with the "experts" cited. Personally, I have never considered making biochar in a feedstock rich area like a forest to be a costly operation nor have I ev

Dear Geoff, I know nothing whatsoever about metal detectors for anything, but the story about the Romans is fantastic. It starts with my own version of the "law of large numbers" which (with apologies

Tom, You are too generous. I think that the main takeaway regarding carbon removal is that the rest of the world holds vast, untapped potential if we are willing to start by thinking about the real wo

Does anyone remember the NYT story a year or so ago that touted some new pellet stove as the savior of our climate and champion of our forests and environment? Dream on. https://nyti.ms/3suNARW M Mich

Hi, Ronal, long time. Sorry about being away for a bit. Too many meetings on too many topics. See my responses below in all caps (my usual). Consider them also in answer to Paul Anderson's lengthy and

Ron, Would be very interested in results. My understanding is that the problem with charcoal is that it never gets hot enough (a) to burn out all of the tars and other aromatics and (b) to form the ca

All great to hear. Reports from the South African Forestry Service suggests that the square Kon-Tiki is very awkward to carry up tough slopes and tight trails. You might consider short, narrow designs

Frank, Just a quick comment about a point that you make in passing but that I have to field constantly: what about all the wasted heat? Well, here's the question: Just what are you supposed to do with

If you guys have a tractor, you already have the means to solve the biggest problem, quenching. Carry your burner into the woods, then go back for a tank of water. I say burner because a Kon-tiki won'

Well, Kevin, if my dad were alive, I am sure that he would get a kick out of parcing your equations. Me? Not a chance. On the other hand, I love the observation that cow farts are carbon neutral since

Dear Geoff, This is an interesting take on the whole methane thing. To be honest, it never occurred to me that my troughs and trenches were emitting lots of methane until pushed about this by Hans Pie

Methane point well taken. Sorry, I was thinking entirely in context of another project. I would consider NOx v. N2O, however, since the warming multiple is so big. (The math is in the footnotes, so yo

Paul, I have been corresponding with Hans Pieter Schmidt and others of the biochar "biggies" about a new project involving the counting of small producer biochar in the climate change budget. I have l

Cool. Re the previous,. Although not formally documented as the EU use of biochar in animal feed is, our farmers from many separate and unconnected locations in E Africa report that the addition of sm

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Love synergies. This is stuff that i can use, even where there are no feed lots. M Dr. D. Michael Shafer Founder and Director, Warm Heart +1 732-745-9295 | +66 (0)85 199-2958 | d.michael.shafer@gmail.

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