Sand. How in the world can we be running out of sand? The world seems full of it, right? River-beds, oceans and deserts are full of sand. Yet according to a number of recent articles, certain types of sand are … Continue reading
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This week I happened upon some fascinating biochar research focusing on charring seagrass wrack as a more sustainable means of disposal. Not only is this environmentally preferable as compared to landfilling it, which causes all sorts of GHG emissions from … Continue reading
The 2016 USBI Biochar Conference flew by in a flash this week. It was great to see old friends, meet so many folks that I’ve corresponded with but never met in the flesh and to see so many new people … Continue reading
Jonathan Shapiro’s book “Lawyers, Liars, and the Art of Storytelling: Using Stories to Advocate, Influence and Persuade” has a great perspective on ethos as it relates to Aristotle’s rhetorical triangle. The biochar world would be well served to understand his … Continue reading
The US EPA created the Food Waste Recovery Hierarchy (FWRH) in an effort to divert various organics towards the highest and best end uses. Sadly an inordinate amount of food waste, roughly 65% of the total waste stream, still ends … Continue reading
This weekend I tabled at a local event to keep spreading the word on biochar. A woman came up and was simply gushing about biochar so I asked her why she was so enthusiastic. Most people that have ever heard … Continue reading
The question of how to price biochar has come up many, many times in conversations over the past several years. While there is no perfect answer, I would argue that the current price is still too expensive for biochar to … Continue reading
I am always flattered and excited when asked to do product reviews related to biochar. Recently Bruce F. designed the CharCone, a mini Kon-Tiki geared towards the cooking crowd and asked if I’d be interested in taking it out for … Continue reading
The notion that scaling up biochar could lead to deforestation came up again recently in a discussion amongst some very well regarded biochar experts when we were talking about barriers to building the biochar industry. While it is feasible that … Continue reading
Recently I had the honor of joining some of the gurus of biochar research at Cornell University at their one day Biochar/Bioenergy seminar. I was asked to talk about something new & interesting so I took the liberty to talk about something … Continue reading