The ethanol team at the Financial Permaculture conference is amazing. I was in their session last night led by Pat Therrien who manages to combine encylopedia-like knowledge with a sense of humor. She also has sympathy for people like me who don’t understand every third word as she explains the opportunity for farm communities in both ethanol and biodiesal.
We will be posting Pat’s handouts and materials this coming week.
Albert Bates is the permaculturalist assigned to the team. He started talking about biochar. He said it was really, really important to learn about it. And so that is what I am going to do. Albert suggested that we start with the wikipedia entry here.