Get out yer angel wings.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtuous_cycle
...Economic growth can be seen as a virtuous circle. It might start with...technological innovation. As people get familiar with the new technology, there could be learning curve effects and economies of scale. This could lead to reduced costs and improved production efficiencies. In a competitive market structure, this will likely result in lower average prices. As prices decrease, consumption could increase and aggregate output also. Increased levels of output leads to more learning and scale effects and a new cycle starts...
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The consortium of investors that a few years ago were considering a "Pittsburgh BioRefinery" needs to kick in with a similar but MUCH bigger plan to help jumpstart our economy. "Biochar" would sequester carbon in the soil while providing both fuel and soil amendment. I don't know how much energy is required to make biochar, whether or not it is less than the amount of energy produced, but, able to be made from waste biomass, this soil amendment/energy source/carbon sequestration technology would at least improve the soil and get carbon out of the atmosphere:
"biocharcoal"
Nutrient Recovery from Integrated Cellulosic Biorefineries
terrapreta.bioenergylists.org/isubiorefinerynutrients
..."...alternative cropping systems and practices such as applying biochar (also called agrichar) to the soil to protect it from the loss of organic matter and fertility that could accompany the proliferation of biorefineries...looking at the impact of the removal of large amounts of crop residue from agricultural fields....to ensure that farmers will be able to generate the large amounts of biomass feedstocks that cellulosic biorefineries will need to meet the
demands of a developing bioeconomy, while also being able to return carbon
and important nutrients such as phosphorus, potassium and nitrogen back to the soil."
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"The U.S. consumed more than one third of its total oil reserves during WWII."
~Michael T. Klare
oilbeseeingyou.blogspot.com
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petrocollapse.org
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Global Ecovillage Network
ecovillage.org
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Bioeconomy Institute
www.biorenew.iastate.edu/outreach-and-extension.html
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From:
Grow Up, America!
by Cal Simone 1/28/7
bluegreenearth.us/archive/article/2007/culture-change/simone-01-2007.html
...our collective accountability for the way 9/11 occurred...is not a matter of blame or fault, but rather ownership and mature responsibility... America does not take responsibility for its impact on the world as a mature adult human being would...
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amazingcarbon.com
anunreasonableman.com
ifcfirsttake.com
sogoesthenation.com
ecoinnovationlab.com/pages/sustainable-cities.php
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Italy aims for carbon-neutral farm
sustainablecitiesnet.com
sustainablecitiesnet.com/links
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtuous_cycle
...Economic growth can be seen as a virtuous circle. It might start with...technological innovation. As people get familiar with the new technology, there could be learning curve effects and economies of scale. This could lead to reduced costs and improved production efficiencies. In a competitive market structure, this will likely result in lower average prices. As prices decrease, consumption could increase and aggregate output also. Increased levels of output leads to more learning and scale effects and a new cycle starts...
======
The consortium of investors that a few years ago were considering a "Pittsburgh BioRefinery" needs to kick in with a similar but MUCH bigger plan to help jumpstart our economy. "Biochar" would sequester carbon in the soil while providing both fuel and soil amendment. I don't know how much energy is required to make biochar, whether or not it is less than the amount of energy produced, but, able to be made from waste biomass, this soil amendment/energy source/carbon sequestration technology would at least improve the soil and get carbon out of the atmosphere:
"biocharcoal"
Nutrient Recovery from Integrated Cellulosic Biorefineries
terrapreta.bioenergylists.org/isubiorefinerynutrients
..."...alternative cropping systems and practices such as applying biochar (also called agrichar) to the soil to protect it from the loss of organic matter and fertility that could accompany the proliferation of biorefineries...looking at the impact of the removal of large amounts of crop residue from agricultural fields....to ensure that farmers will be able to generate the large amounts of biomass feedstocks that cellulosic biorefineries will need to meet the
demands of a developing bioeconomy, while also being able to return carbon
and important nutrients such as phosphorus, potassium and nitrogen back to the soil."
======
"The U.S. consumed more than one third of its total oil reserves during WWII."
~Michael T. Klare
oilbeseeingyou.blogspot.com
======
petrocollapse.org
======
Global Ecovillage Network
ecovillage.org
======
Bioeconomy Institute
www.biorenew.iastate.edu/outreach-and-extension.html
======
From:
Grow Up, America!
by Cal Simone 1/28/7
bluegreenearth.us/archive/article/2007/culture-change/simone-01-2007.html
...our collective accountability for the way 9/11 occurred...is not a matter of blame or fault, but rather ownership and mature responsibility... America does not take responsibility for its impact on the world as a mature adult human being would...
======
amazingcarbon.com
anunreasonableman.com
ifcfirsttake.com
sogoesthenation.com
ecoinnovationlab.com/pages/sustainable-cities.php
======
Italy aims for carbon-neutral farm
sustainablecitiesnet.com
sustainablecitiesnet.com/links
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation
posted by St. Jim the Composter at 8:41 AM
1 Comments:
"I don't know how much energy is required to make biochar, whether or not it is less than the amount of energy produced"
It depends on how you use the gases given off. There is more than enough to maintain the reaction once started. But if you burn the gases to drive a turbine, or process them for liquid fuel or fertilizer, then there is none to heat the biomass.
Often biochar units do multiple things. Even the waste heat is used to dry more biomass for the next batch or continuous operation. But in more primitive units the gases are just burned off and the waste heat escapes too.
It depends on the technical sophistication of the processor.
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