Part 1: Carbon At risk of rehashing past articles: we have lots of evidence that people want to make biochar at scale, but not very much that people want to buy biochar at scale. Nevertheless, it looks like an increasing certainty that people do want to buy negative emissions, and with the rapid emergence of the voluntary offset markets, it feels like the industry is finally on the verge. On the verge of what? Growth, methinks. What kind? I think about it like this - the market for biochar mirrors software products in an interesting way: you can try to get to scale as fast as possible, lose money on production but monetize things other than your product, or you can bootstrap a product with good unit economics. In biochar, both of those paths are open, and I want to spell out what they look like, and how they correlate with opportunities to get to scale.
Hi Peter. This is my first time reading your Letter. I also do not tweet! Never the less here I am subscribing. I am interested because I am involved in an upcoming at-scale biochar project and the revenue models you cited are very similar to the options we are weighing. Thank you for your insight. Now I see I have a lot of catch-up reading to do here! Thanks again
Recently, kinda by accident, I found out about biochar and am still in the process of getting my head wrapped around things. Very interesting stuff. Consequently, I designed and made my own retort, but I'm still working a couple of kinks out (I'm using a 55 gal. drum for the retort, and it's just a shade too tight for the kiln). Hopefully, I'll see how it works in a couple of days.
Needless to say, I'm looking forward to your next post. This carbon offset thing is something I hadn't considered, but am certainly intrigued by. Thanks.
Peyer, I know I'm a little late to the party but if your offer to Wayne still stands I would really appreciate a brief (or not so brief) chat about all aspects of this article. Thanks Dominic
Hi Peter. This is my first time reading your Letter. I also do not tweet! Never the less here I am subscribing. I am interested because I am involved in an upcoming at-scale biochar project and the revenue models you cited are very similar to the options we are weighing. Thank you for your insight. Now I see I have a lot of catch-up reading to do here! Thanks again
I just found your blog Peter, and I'm glad I did.
Recently, kinda by accident, I found out about biochar and am still in the process of getting my head wrapped around things. Very interesting stuff. Consequently, I designed and made my own retort, but I'm still working a couple of kinks out (I'm using a 55 gal. drum for the retort, and it's just a shade too tight for the kiln). Hopefully, I'll see how it works in a couple of days.
Needless to say, I'm looking forward to your next post. This carbon offset thing is something I hadn't considered, but am certainly intrigued by. Thanks.
Hi Peter,
I noticed you are at Un-Do?
Are you still interested in BioChar and Forestry BioMass?
We are working in Utah on some very large scale models....you may have seen Kathleens post?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kathleen-draper-7069a9a_thanks-to-euclid-timber-frames-lc-for-pushing-activity-7055855243737092096-V6tr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Great blog Peter, thank you!
Peyer, I know I'm a little late to the party but if your offer to Wayne still stands I would really appreciate a brief (or not so brief) chat about all aspects of this article. Thanks Dominic
Walkerdad@gmail.com
I'm not real computer savvy so I guess I'll check back here for response.
From Bangladesh, I want to sell Biochar. Please help me.