" In 2007, officials from this famously liberal city (Berkeley) shut off the electricity to an artists space known as the Shipyard. That action, which forced the artists there to seek a new way to power their flamethrowers, is the origin story of a company that now produces what it says to be the world's only carbon negative power source."
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this is really cool! it seems strange that the idea hasn't spread to being a more typical form of electricity.
ReplyDeleteThis is great! I agree that it's a surprise that the idea hasn't spread around. And this is great that it also produce a carbon-rich charcoal that can be used as a very effective fertilizer.
ReplyDeleteYes. Very cool promo. Very cool idea. Not yet perfectly realized. We did a class field trip last year to All Power Labs. It was not the favorite trip. These machines are still noisy, smelly, finicky, relatively expensive and require massive amount of prep.
ReplyDeleteHow do you chip the wood, coconut hulls or bagasse without another machine that also requires power?