03-18-2008, 06:20 PM
Oh and Damon, fair question. . .I missed that somewhere
ok let's assume I've 3 acres of forest, which I do.
Let's assume it's fully forested, which it is.
Mostly nice ohia, which I'd rather not cut, but an arseload of guava as well, a lot of it mature and large, like 6, 8 at the butt, as it's never been cleared. You clear it, and you'll have guava like crazy. It's invasive because people are. It needs light to germinate, and in a natural state can hardly compete with the ferns.
So, I'm way ahead of the game, yup, out of beer too.
I'm assuming a a two step forward one step back relationship. If I generate 5 tones of biomass in amalgam per acre, which is very likely even very conservative, I'm way ahead. The only goal, really, is to move the biomass into a more convenient form, like eucalyptus, rather than whack tones of quava, but I must say the guava is nearly perfect as the diameter is good and it's the least work of any fuel I've fiddled with. I'd have to chip the bigger stuff, and it may not pay actually.
Good night all.
As I say the proof is in the puddin'. If this machine is running on guava permanetly by the end of the month--well, come take a look and there's the argument. Elsewise. . .I'm full of crap. But, I wouldn't be even here if that were the case. It works. The question is rather whether it will work for you.
ok let's assume I've 3 acres of forest, which I do.
Let's assume it's fully forested, which it is.
Mostly nice ohia, which I'd rather not cut, but an arseload of guava as well, a lot of it mature and large, like 6, 8 at the butt, as it's never been cleared. You clear it, and you'll have guava like crazy. It's invasive because people are. It needs light to germinate, and in a natural state can hardly compete with the ferns.
So, I'm way ahead of the game, yup, out of beer too.
I'm assuming a a two step forward one step back relationship. If I generate 5 tones of biomass in amalgam per acre, which is very likely even very conservative, I'm way ahead. The only goal, really, is to move the biomass into a more convenient form, like eucalyptus, rather than whack tones of quava, but I must say the guava is nearly perfect as the diameter is good and it's the least work of any fuel I've fiddled with. I'd have to chip the bigger stuff, and it may not pay actually.
Good night all.
As I say the proof is in the puddin'. If this machine is running on guava permanetly by the end of the month--well, come take a look and there's the argument. Elsewise. . .I'm full of crap. But, I wouldn't be even here if that were the case. It works. The question is rather whether it will work for you.