Hi I am working at a project related to this. We also deal with biochar (from manure) and had plans to use it for asphalt. I know the benefits of biochar for soil, but the plan is to recover the phosphorus from the biochar/ash and then utilize the biochar for asphalt. Won't excess application on soil cause more damage? Becoz then people will start overusing it? Now with P removed the biochar doesn't have much nutrients. Can you please share your thoughts?

Yep, but the global fascists have people convinced that the byproduct of human productivity is pollution so they could punish the productive. Anyways I need to get into my private jet and travel to the other side of the planet and lecture the poors as to why the work they do to feed their family is destroying the planet.

Me too I'm glad I saw your coment I thought it was just me

I have a feeling IBI are thinking of how to patent the process of making global warming fighting biochar to please the stakeholders. 🤑

Lol. There may be good reason for such advocacy, Amazon jungle results are compelling, however I have excellent soil to start with so apparently less to gain than crap rainforest soils, still I create about 4 heaping wheelbarrows per yr via burn piles.

Must be your speakers, the sound is fine.

I must have v poor speakers too.

My speakers are JBL platinum series.

It's only technically "charcoal" when it's first made. It's the inoculation that makes it biochar.

agree and adding 10% in compost very interesting effect, the guy in conference talked about pathogen?????trying to create fear, use EM1 an IMO now pathogen...we are in 21st century@@IowaKeith

mean no pathogen

To be clear, I do not really have much education, especially on this particular topic, so my questions may seem stupid, but since I am selling my house to buy land to go full nature warden, I need to get my facts in order. My intentions are soil building. I have no interest in any other aspect of biochar as ALL of my energy needs are covered by the sun, both personally and for sale to consumers. I am confident that I can use the pipes from a solar thermal array to make the biochar for me entirely from the heat of the sun with no extra energy, does this seem correct? I can literally select my chosen temps in the pipes from 400-600c I could possibly go higher using more advanced materials, but I do not want to. My power grid is designed to be minimal rare resources, so essentially steel, copper and sand for thermal storage are my main resources and a sand thermal battery at least for my version of parabolic solar thermal is limited to 600C. has anyone tested American Switch grass for it's use yet? Because I understand that particular plant shunts all of its nutrients to the root bulb during winter leaving almost nothing but carbon above ground.

Charcoal can act as a more long term nutrient storage and soil structure improver. It also has insanely high surface area because of a ton of "tiny holes" and can make nice homes for bacteria. Burying a whole tree might not be the best idea as wood like that is so carbon dominant relative to nitrogen and thus it's decomposition can tie up nitrogen which hurts plant growth. Same would be true for raw charcoal too but one should mix it with compost first so it absorbs all kinds of good stuff instead of sucking them from the soil. Burying it with biowaste works too. Trying to get a whole tree mixed with nitrogen rich substances isn't really possible in the same way. Rotting wood on top of the soil is amazing thou and good for fungal growth. But I'm also not a scientist or anything, just a curious person who has been obsessed with nature mimicking gardening for a while. Biochar also seems to be a divisive subject among experts so I don't have super strong opinions about it.

Nothing is destroyed per se, compounds can be broken down into smaller or made into larger compounds, but nothing is actually destroyed. In a clean burn, a large amount of the gas can be distilled out to create wood vinegar among other products. With larger commercial-style installations, the heat is also captured to create power. While a smaller installation might not be as efficient as a larger system, you can still create Biochar which has special qualities that regular wood won't provide. Burying the entire tree below the soil is great, but won't sequester carbon for a long period. If you chip it and mulch it might not last much longer than a year or ten. Biochar is stable for the 100-1000-year range.

@@NotTellingYou89 Thank you! FYI with whole tree burial, I was thinking hugelkultur and secondary growth options :)

@@gigabane7357 Wood in Hugelkultur (depending on your climate and soil) will only last something around three years. Wood is certainly great to just bury or use as mulch, Biochar just has different physical and and chemical properties and is a more stable form of carbon. I think almost everyone would say you should use them both, rather than one over the other.

the bonemeal in the store is ground up, not char.

@@projectmalus thanks for that answer but iv also seen bone char and was wondering if thats the same a bone biochar or like you were saying bone meal.

@@adamgeorge37 Interesting, thanks. I've never seen it but if it says char then...must be char; in any case none of these are bio without the biology part. This is an extra process I think, but easily bought and impregnated by soaking. Effective Microbes (EM) I think they're called. Cheers.

@@projectmalus hey i just wanted to let you know that i found it through North Country Organics. when i got mine it was powder but i think they have been trying to produce more granulated fertilizers. Im not sure if that will change which soil types its more effective in.

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Thank you! Cheers!