[Cob] Joe Kennedy comments on biochar in earth ovens

[Ray Cirino]

Dear Joe,
We just launched the Dragon Pizza Oven and it was a smash hit. We ran it for five straight houts and collected at the end only a half cup of biochar. 

Regards,
Ray


The Great Challenges we now face as a species present the very opportunities that are giving birth to Ecological, Psychological, and Spiritual Sustainability.


--- On Mon, 4/25/11, Joseph Kennedy <livingearth62 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Joseph Kennedy <livingearth62 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Cob] Joe Kennedy comments on biochar in earth ovens
> To: sbkingster at gmail.com, coblist at deatech.com
> Date: Monday, April 25, 2011, 12:03 PM
> 
> Dear Shawn,
>  
> I have been inspired by your low-tech stuff, and am going
> to integrate the door design into my new oven under
> construction with high school students.
>  
> However, it seems a waste to make biochar unless you are
> using that heat to heat up the oven for other purposes.
>  
> To me the ideal would be to make a biochar chamber below
> the oven (like in Ray Cirino's example) to create efficient
> heat and biochar at the same time.  Any ideas on this
> option?  I can play around with this idea, since my
> oven is still under construction.
>  
> I love the mad science going on!
>  
> All the best,
>  
> Joe Kennedy
>  
> PS.  I just published an article of my earth oven
> odessey at Kiko Denzer's site.  It has the plans of my
> latest oven.
> http://www.handprintpress.com/ovens/an-earthen-oven-odyssey-by-joe-kennedy/
>  
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