Great podcast, learned more about AI. I see AI as the next Google - with both widespread use being normalized, and the potential of a bias being programmed in and data being harvested (maybe personality data?) When I have the time I'll have to try it out.

That was some kickass biochar out of that weber. Gonna try it.

That's enough for a 2-3 5 gallon buckets to receive liquid from a composting toilet, easy.

Great experiment and proof of concept. a step someone can add on at some point, just for an energy audit, if using a chop saw, or other electrical device to cut it up in smaller pieces, Kill-A-Watt, just to measure the electrical energy usage in the production of X amount of char.

From Klaus Schwab himself at the WEF: "Education systems must evolve to prepare future generations for a world of work where many traditional jobs no longer exist and new roles are emerging that require entirely different skill sets."

The purpose of education is not "career readiness". That kind of focus treats people as future worker bees. We live in a constitutional republic, which means we need to know how to participate in self-governance. We need to know how to defend our liberty from the power-hungry. That requires far more knowledge of a complex world than specialized education ("training") needed for a job.

Regarding personalized learning. From the WEF: Revolutionizing Classrooms: How AI Is Reshaping Global Education World Economic Forum, ... New report shows how AI could transform education by enhancing personalization, boosting digital skills and empowering teachers with advanced capacity-improving tools With education systems under strain, the report highlights nine examples of innovative approaches for leveraging AI to enhance education systems globally The report calls for a responsible integration of AI to foster a more inclusive, adaptable and forward-looking educational landscape "

This was awesome Jack. Listened on the replay.

"Estate" or garage sale for a used grill on the cheap!

Public school budgets can most certainly be examined by the public, including math teachers.

Newbie here! What is the purpose for the charcoal being made, and why does it need to be crushed? My best guess is that it’s a variation on composting. Why would you want to use biochar rather than compost? Does it enrich the soil for any type of plant or is it only for certain kinds of plants? Thanks for explaining…

The American public education system is supposed to be pretty decentralized already, with local districts run by a board of school directors elected as representatives from amongst the members of the local community. The federal government has been slowly garnering more power over education over the decades, especially through No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, and Common Core.

From the WEF: "Research shows a combination of in-person and virtual learning - blended learning - maximizes student benefits. 21st-century skills require a 21st-century education system. This has given rise to talk on Education 4.0 in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution."

"Whereas it appeareth that however certain forms of government are better calculated than others to protect individuals in the free exercise of their natural rights, and are at the same time themselves better guarded against degeneracy, yet experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms, those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny; and it is believed that the most effectual means of preventing this would be, to illuminate, as far as practicable, the minds of the people at large, and more especially to give them knowledge of those facts, which history exhibiteth, that, possessed thereby of the experience of other ages and countries, they may be enabled to know ambition under all its shapes, and prompt to exert their natural powers to defeat its purposes; And whereas it is generally true that that people will be happiest whose laws are best, and are best administered, and that laws will be wisely formed, and honestly administered, in proportion as those who form and administer them are wise and honest; whence it becomes expedient for promoting the publick happiness that those persons, whom nature hath endowed with genius and virtue, should be rendered by liberal education worthy to receive, and able to guard the sacred deposit of the rights and liberties of their fellow citizens, and that they should be called to that charge without regard to wealth, birth or other accidental condition or circumstance; but the indigence of the greater number disabling them from so educating, at their own expence, those of their children whom nature hath fitly formed and disposed to become useful instruments for the public, it is better that such should be sought for and educated at the common expence of all, than that the happiness of all should be confided to the weak or wicked:" ~Thomas Jefferson

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I really like that size,I have almost stopped grinding. Do you think the larger chunks will hold moisture longer?

Got a 3/4 acre catfish pond on my parents' property and most of them have those yellow grubs. I pluck them out when I clean them. BTW, Jack this old video is a testament to how changing your diet can change the person. You look like a totally different person these days, and I'm sure you feel much better.

Very informative, will there be more videos on the inoculation process? Thanks for the weber grill idea.

Great addition followup to the last video. Thanks. Also, my OCD goes nuts seeing the power cord on the ground right underneath of the grill 😂

Do you add gypsum to your bio char when using it for planting ?

Jack, do you see benefit in adding biochar to a small cattle feed lot? Asking because you mentioned putting this char in your coop.

What size grill do you have? I see Weber makes a 22" and a 26" grill

That's the kind of stuff you do that I absolutely love. You have a way of simplifying difficult processes and making it easy for the average person to duplicate.

Appreciate the detailed breakdown! Just a quick off-topic question: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?

This is a great video with simple explaination and method to make this happen. Now i need to find a used kettle grill.

I went to get it to talk to me this morning but it claims what you are doing is not possible. How did you get it to do this? I would like to do this on my phone and take a walk instead of being stuck in front of my pc. Thanks.

Really good idea Jack. I keep a small leaf blower and get that flame cap going as quick as possible. I like to quench for the shock fracture and it washes the ash out. Super good for urban production. Well done! No old grill will escape from now on.

Great show. Whis I could go to that school...

Not my opinion to tear it all down. That's what the WEF wants for the preparation of people to be educated enough to work in the 4th Industrial Revolution.

I did a quick marketplace search and found at least ten in my general area for less than $60.

Jack means to say” don’t let the perfect destroy the good”

Great video! My daughter had been wanting to make some bio char, and I think this would be a great way to introduce it to her.

I get motion sick from too much camera movement. A single sturdy tripod to aim the camera at the grill would make this video better. I am torn between wanting this information and my nausea.

I have two Weber Kettles, bought both for 50$ each, used off of FB marketplace.

Awesome video!

Another method: Steel paint cans (available empty at hardware stores, they're fairly cheap, maybe $5). I pack them with wood pellets, hammer the lid on, and drill a single hole with a 1/16 drill bit, through the side, about an inch up from the bottom. Just one hole, do not use more. It's just to vent the wood gas back into the fire and make sure the can doesn't explode. Adding more holes or bigger holes will lead to the can contents burning to ash. You want only the smallest vent, down close to the flame. You could easily fit 3 such cans in that grill. Or if you have a fire pit, likely many more. I use the wood pellets because I burn them, and require a very high heat (melting iron), so I need small charcoal, and a fairly uniform size. But twigs would work too, you'd just fit fewer per cannister. Just pack the cans as full as possible, the less air in the can, the better. If you have fairly uniform size feed stock, spinning the can very fast on the vertical axis will pack the stock along the sides in a very ordered manner, reducing empty space, which is another reason I like using pellets as feed stock. Pellets are also very cheap in bulk, people buy them by the pallet to heat their homes, so the cost is pretty negligible. That also makes them easier to grind if you need powder, and for biochar, they will work in a seed broadcaster. Just make sure the pellets aren't treated with anything. Yard debris I use to feed the fire in the burn, rather than as feed stock. You can also make pellets very easily. I bought an old can-crusher made of stainless steel. I just drilled some holes in the bottom plate and a latch for the lid to turn it into an extruder. Put any pulp material into it, extrude and cut off the ends as they come out, at whatever length you need. So if you have a source of wood pulp, that will work. You can use sawdust or shavings, water and a small amount of wood-ash lye (potassium hydroxide, NOT sodium hydroxide). That will break down some of the lignin in the wood. You can then use the fibers in a slurry to make pellets. Buying commercial pellets is still usually cheap enough that it's not worth the hassle of making them, but the extruder can also be used for things like animal feed. There's like a million designs for similar devices online, and you can build your own out of many materials for next to nothing. I can't give exact amounts for the lye, as it depends on the batch size, and I make my own, so I don't always know the concentration from batch to batch, but it's easy enough to just experiment with and dial in correctly. Or just follow paper-making tutorials, it's the same process. The nice thing about paint cans and pellets, they fit in most fireplace inserts, so you can make about a half-gallon of charcoal as you heat your house every night. You can fit many in a bonfire. If you have a forge, or glass or potter's kiln (not electric), you can get several batches in while you're waiting for them to get to temperature. Small batches are versatile like that, as long as your materials are prepped and convenient at the time, you can use many heat sources.

Thanks for all the content over the years! Because of your show I finally started a Florida 9b food forest. The biochar will add to its longevity. I know you're in no-dig Texas, but hailing from central Florida, about a year ago I used the suggested cone like pit method. I dug it a little more trapezoid like to accommodate about 2' - 4' long pieces as i reached to midway point and higher. In that same show, you suggest the possibility of bottom up watering, so I water jetted a fence post in from an angle to the bottom of the pit and I capped the end. Sticking a water hose in occasionally, I gradually quenched/ flooded it from the bottom up. In the end it yielded about 40 gallons of biochar. Not bad for my first go at it, but only because of the accumulated information from my youtube coaches. Milton gave me tons of tree-fall so I will do it again in January/ February. Thanks again for the information over the years.

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Confirmed biochar addict. I use an open top and two double retort tin men. If i get all 3 running at once, it's a wild ride, and best done NOT in summer.😊

Thanks, Jack!

Do you use the wire base in the grill?

One more reason for me to get another charcoal grill!

Nice glass like sound. Been wanting a new webber grill anyway.

I spread 100 gallon of biochar on 3 separate half acre spots. Good hay field, poor hay field and clay with almost no weeds or grass. So 300 gallons, 100 gallon on each area. Hope to see a big difference in each area in the spring.

Great video, thanks! The knob in the back is to adjust and align the slicing plate top-to-bottom so your slices don't come out uneven. You almost need a vernier caliper to set it, but I just eyeball it. Whenever you change the thickness you have to take this adjustment knob into account and either loosen or tighten it.

Quick note/tip: Free accounts are good to try it out but the memory doesn't last long. Pay the 20 bucks a month and it will remember all your different business ideas or business plans. It is certainly worth it. Making your own custom GPT is also worth it.

I bet someone was eating them and they came and grabbed it.

"The west coast has a lot to answer for"... yes.

Ha! I was just looking at one of these. Perfect timing on the review video.

Very good and helpful "interview." I'll be sharing this with friends and family to include my daughter and grandkids.