Begin With Biochar

KrisCan joins David Yarrow during a biochar experiment with artist Sara Worden where David describes the benefits of biochar - from soil remediation to carbon sequestration to potential fuel source. He explains how we need to continue testing this technology to understand better how it works and that it should be an application everyone uses in their gardens to both enrich the soil food web while helping to pull carbon out of the atmosphere.

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[snookmeister6]

You can make charcoal without smoke.

Otherwise, very nice video.

[kriscanshow]

@snookmeister6

Yes, it's true, but we were doing experiments with rocket stoves and new materials...

[crazycloud2]

@turuanu If you let the fallen trees rot they off gas the C that they have absorbed. If you mix compost in together with it and nutrition it helps the soil retain nutrition. So the soil is then rejuvenated and ready for the next baby C suckers. Nature makes the fires to cause this to happen in forests with Lightning and too much build up of dead brush and fall from the trees. The natural fire if left to burn naturally, just controlled, it is so hot that it creates Bio char due to lack of O

[turuanu]

I just found out about biochar. I'm in love with it thinking of my pastures and gardens, but I just don't get the CO2 sequestering thing. If the trees are what sucks the carbon from the atmosphere, then let them live longer or plant more, don't chop them up! Adding C to the soil, doesn't mean taking it out of the air, even less so if we do away with the main C suckers (plants).

[canuckartist]

I live in a cold climate so I heat my rural home with a wood stove, which needs to be cleaned out every week or so. The waste charcoal and ash goes into my garden compost pile which has been keeping my garden growing nicely for the 7 years I've been here. Biochar works great!

[cdimmm]

You have to mix the char with compost fist before adding to planting soil. Co2 is not causing weather disruptions the military use of Chemtrails (look up) and HAARP is.

[WorldStove]

David is one of my heros! what a super video.

[phildea]

By burning wood to make the biochar does this not produce co2 into the atmopshere? if so does it make more pollution than it traps? thanks Phildea.

[snookmeister6]

My first few attempts to make charcoal produced smoke to an amazing degree. That led me to research afterburners, wood gas stoves and rocket stoves. Urban dwellers can make bio char and still live in peace with neighbors. I've had roaring fires going and you would never know it, except when it was dark. It's been a lot of fun, as you portray so well in your video. Thanks.

[Ape65]

Excellent!