"Spider" Stars - burning too quick?

[schroedinger]

Well I was more thinking of harvesting the waste from the timber converter before the planks are used. Tree to plank usually wastes 30% which would satisfy a small country for pyro charcoal.

Obviuosly you aren't making enough bp ^^

[stix]

Well I was more thinking of harvesting the waste from the timber converter before the planks are used. Tree to plank usually wastes 30% which would satisfy a small country for pyro charcoal.

 

Oh, I see... I better put the shovel back in the shed then

 

Using paulownia from canvas frames certainly isn't the most economical - I worked out that it costs me approx. $US20 per Kilo uncooked. After cooking, it yields around 1/3rd, so that ends up being $US60 per kilo of cooked charcoal.!!!... Very expensive.

 

I started using them simply for testing purposes and I'm very happy with the bp it produces. I'm only doing "small scale" so it doesn't really bother me. There is actually a paulownia supplier ( http://www.paulowniatimber.com.au/timber.php) about 50K's from where I live - I should get off my arse and check them out one time - I'm sure there would be plenty of off-cuts.

 

Cheers.