SB: RE: wood stoves for sb

["Robert W. Tom" <ArchiLogic@yahoo.ca>]

7/31/01 3:19:00 AM, "Wil Maertens" <biofab@ricestraw.com> wrote:
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>Rice straw must be left in the field to weather in the rain which depletes
>the content of potassium substantially. 

>This special straw is called graystraw because of its condition and color 
>after bleaching in the sun and washing with the autumn and winter rains. 
>This straw can be baled and used
>for generation if the co-gen plant agrees to use the straw.  Wil

Thanks Wil.

This almost sounds as though SomeOne specifically designed it to work this way.

As all gardeners/farmers know, potassium (K) is represented by the third number in fertiliser 
categorisations ( ie N-P-K) and that potassium is an essential nutrient which regulates the rate 
at which photosynthesis takes place and plays  large part in determining yields.

Isn't it "convenient" that Nature will take the harmful-to-combustion-devices-but-useful-to-plants 
potassium out of the straw so that it can be used by humans for heating their SB homes  ?

Of course, humans have to take the initiative to make the rice-straw burning device first though.

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Rob Tom
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
<ArchiLogic@yahoo.ca>

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