Comments on: 6 questions for DuPont’s CEO on startups, ethanol and solar (interview)

By: cheute

cheute — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:47:28 +0000

RE cellulosic ethanol… ho, hum, I’ve heard this before. I’ve heard it for over 20 years. I will believe it only after I have seen a “full scale” process run for at least 6 months, and even boarderline economically. The science has been in place for maybe 30 years. But plenty of gov’t subsidies and plenty of marketing and good will in talking about it. Why I got out of “renewables” – don’t want to do what is really sustainable and renewable, but we’ll talk about stuff that sounds cool, and throw tax money at it, just for fun!

By: Erich J. Knight

Erich J. Knight — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:54:55 +0000

DuPont is Using Biochar for In situ Toxic remediation.
The DuPont pilot study for remediation on Hg with Dr. Richard Landis and
Dr. Palumbo, head of Bio-Science at Oak Ridge are showing a Hg
reduction of 60% traveling up the food chain. Conducted at an old
Rayon plant on the Shenandoah River in Waynesboro, VA.

The Iwamoto company (SuperStoneClean Biochar) has been doing soil
remediation in Fukushima Japan, concentrating the cesium to magnetic
ash. Additionally, the video below, shows their work in remediation of
salt damage from the tsunami itself.
Fields Flourish Again;
http://www.jibtv.com/video/video6.html?n=0

Please review My opening presentation at the fourth USBI Biochar
Conference in Sonoma California;
“Carbon Conservation for Home, Health, Energy & Climate”
http://2012.biochar.us.com/299/2012-us-biochar-conference-presentations
(the 5th presentation down, click the Presentation File PDF to see full
slides)

By: Randy

Randy — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:24:18 +0000

DuPont could look at making Ethanol from ethylene (made from Natural Gas Liquids). It’s less expensive, but………..
OH, I Forgot, our gubment does not subsidize it. . Randy