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Evaluating the Economic Viability of Straw Charcoal Projects


Straw, an abundant and often underutilized agricultural residue, has become a prime feedstock in the charcoal production industry. With the growing global emphasis on sustainable development and waste-to-energy technologies, straw-based charcoal projects offer a viable solution for both economic profitability and environmental sustainability. This economic benefit analysis evaluates the key factors contributing to the financial performance of such projects.

Straw Availability and Cost Efficiency


Straw is a widespread by-product of grain cultivation, particularly in regions with large-scale wheat, rice, and corn farming. It is often considered waste, left to decompose or burned in open fields. The availability of straw is a crucial factor in the economic feasibility of charcoal production machine. In many agricultural regions, straw is plentiful, which ensures a reliable supply of raw material.

The cost of acquiring straw remains relatively low compared to other biomass feedstocks. With minimal transportation and handling requirements, it provides a cost-effective raw material. Furthermore, the use of straw, which would otherwise be discarded or burned inefficiently, helps farmers reduce disposal costs while contributing to a sustainable circular economy.

Conversion Process with Charcoal Machine


The conversion of straw into charcoal is typically achieved through pyrolysis, a thermal decomposition process conducted in a controlled environment, often using a straw charcoal machine. The process breaks down organic material in the absence of oxygen, resulting in the formation of charcoal, along with valuable by-products such as bio-oil and syngas.

Straw’s low moisture content makes it an ideal candidate for pyrolysis, resulting in a higher yield of charcoal compared to other biomass types. The efficiency of the charcoal machine directly impacts the overall economic viability of the project. Advanced models that feature automated feeding systems, temperature control, and efficient energy recovery mechanisms can significantly reduce operating costs and improve productivity.

Profitability from By-Products


One of the notable economic advantages of a straw charcoal project is the additional revenue streams generated from the by-products of the pyrolysis process. Bio-oil, produced during the pyrolysis of straw, can be utilized as a renewable energy source for industrial heating or further refined into liquid fuels. Similarly, syngas produced can be used to generate electricity or heat, further improving the project’s profitability.

In some instances, the biochar produced from straw pyrolysis can be sold to agricultural sectors as a soil amendment, capitalizing on the increasing demand for sustainable farming practices. The value-added benefits of bio-oil, syngas, and biochar enhance the overall financial returns from a straw charcoal project, diversifying the income streams and mitigating market fluctuations.

Energy Efficiency and Operational Costs


The energy efficiency of the pyrolysis process is another critical factor that determines the economic success of straw charcoal production. Charcoal machines with energy recovery systems—such as heat exchangers or gasifiers—can capture and reuse the energy generated during the pyrolysis process. This reduces the need for external fuel inputs, significantly lowering operating expenses.

Further cost savings can be realized through the effective management of the carbonization process. Charcoal machines with precise temperature and time controls ensure that straw is carbonized to optimal specifications, maximizing yield and reducing the occurrence of unwanted by-products or losses. This operational efficiency directly impacts profitability by minimizing waste and maximizing the quality of the final product.

Environmental Impact and Market Demand


As environmental concerns continue to shape consumer behavior and regulatory frameworks, projects that contribute to sustainable development are increasingly favored by investors and governments. Straw charcoal projects not only provide a solution for waste management but also produce a carbon-negative product—biochar—that can sequester carbon when used as a soil enhancer.

The demand for environmentally friendly products such as biochar is on the rise, particularly in sectors like agriculture, landscaping, and environmental remediation. Additionally, the potential for carbon credits or offsets in compliance with emerging climate policies presents an opportunity for further revenue generation, enhancing the financial appeal of straw charcoal projects.

Financial Risk and Return on Investment


While the initial capital investment required for purchasing a charcoal machine and establishing a pyrolysis facility can be significant, the long-term return on investment (ROI) is generally high. The relatively low cost of feedstock, the ability to diversify income sources, and the efficiency gains from advanced technology typically result in a favorable ROI.

However, potential risks, such as fluctuations in raw material supply, energy costs, or regulatory changes, should be carefully managed through effective risk mitigation strategies. Diversifying feedstock sources, securing long-term contracts, and maintaining flexibility in production capacity can help ensure steady returns even amid market uncertainties.

5 things we learned in EarthCARE’s impressive first year


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EarthCARE detects atmospheric heating

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Note: I wrote this poem a few days ago in the haiku style of poetry and published it for the first time today, the 29th of May, 2025. One can see the self destructive nature of evil if one only look clearly as well as group and nation undoing. Courage and love is what is needed in our times.

Joyeux Anniversaire, Louise Michel!

Am 29. Mai 1830 wurde Louise Michel geboren; Lehrerin, Feministin, Revolutionärin und Kämpferin auf den Barrikaden der Pariser Kommune und sehr wahrscheinlich die Person, die das Symbol der schwarzen Flagge als ein Zeichen des Anarchismus begründete.

Via @libcom
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#Anarchismus #Feminismus #Pariserkommune #Anarchie

in reply to Autonomie und Solidarität

Louise Michel (1896)
"I became definitely an Anarchist when sent to New Caledonia, on a state ship, in order to bring me to repentance for having fought for liberty. I and my companions were kept in cages like lions or tigers during four months. We saw nothing but sky and water, with now and then the white sail of a vessel on the horizon, like a bird’s wing in the sky. This impression and the expanse were overwhelming. We had much time to think on board, and by constantly comparing things, events, and men; by having seen my friends of the Commune, who were honest, at work, and who only knew how to throw their lives into the struggle, so much they feared to act ill;

I came rapidly to the conclusion that honest men in power are incapable, and that dishonest ones are monsters; that it is impossible to ally liberty with power, and that a revolution whose aim is any form of government would be but a delusion if only a few institutions fell, because everything is bound by indestructible chains in the old world, and everything must be uprooted by the foundations for the new world to grow happy and be at liberty under a free sky."

Auszug aus Louise Michels Artikel "Why I am an Anarchist" in Liberty (London), März 1896, S. 26.

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Ranking Linux Desktop Environments for 2025: a tier list for my use case


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#agriculture #PollutionAgricole
(#PPLDuplomb)
#ProtectionDesEaux
#maire #démission #HauteSaône

Maire depuis 2020 à Confracourt (Haute-Saône), Patrick Baud a démissionné fin avril 2025. Après un combat pour protéger une source d'eau face à des épandages agricoles, l'élu avait été la cible d'attaques violentes et répétées. Une situation qui l'a profondément impactée et qui a rendu insupportable un quotidien d'élu déjà difficile.

par Antoine Comte
le 28/05/2025

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This month, we have decided against collecting donations for our Mastodon servers, as there is a more pressing issue: not enough humanitarian aid to Gaza.

The Gaza strip needs over 500 trucks of food and medical supplies per day, with currently only a few dozen entering overall.

The problem isn't money, but with over 310 UNRWA, and over 400 humanitarian aid staff in total, killed in Gaza, the problem is also money.

I urge you to donate whatever you would donate to mastodon.de to this humanitarian aid campaign by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees:
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It would be wrong to ask of your donations, when this social network would still exist next month without them, the same cannot be said for Gaza. :boost_requested:

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Regentag / Rainy Day


am Uettelsheimer See in Baerl, 28. Mai 2017

Regentropfen

Regentag
Nasser Star

Regentag
Nasser Spatz hinter nassen Gräsern

Regentag
Nasser Star

Regentag
Selfie im Regen

Regentag
Nasses Emuküken am Damwildgehege im Volkspark Rheinhausen

#Regen #Natur #Regentropfen #Niederrhein #UettelsheimerSee #Baerl #Duisburg #foto #photo #fotografie #photography #nature #rain #raindrops


Le 8 octobre 2016, deux voitures de police sont attaquées par des jeunes masqués à Viry-Châtillon (91), à proximité du quartier de la Grande Borne. Quatre fonctionnaires de police sont grièvement blessés.
En 2019, Kossdar est condamné à 18 ans de prison pour une attaque de policiers.
Mais en 2021, après quatre ans de détention, il est acquitté avec sept autres accusés.
C'est l'affaire des acquittés de Viry-Châtillon.
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J’ouvre mes yeux intérieurs et laisse mes paupières fermées.

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#zen #silence #prière #méditation #conscience


Belinda Carlisle - Leave A Light On (Official HD Music Video)


Enjoy the heartfelt ballad "Leave A Light On" by Belinda Carlisle, featuring an official HD music video that beautifully conveys the song's emotional depth. From the Runaway Horses (30th Anniversary Edition) album, this track showcases Carlisle's stunning vocals and poignant lyrics, making it a timeless classic.

🎵 L Y R I C S 🎵:
Take my hand, tell me what you are feeling
Understand this is just the beginning
Although I have to go, it makes me feel like crying
I don't know when I'll see you again

Darling, leave a light on for me
I'll be there before you close the door
To give you all the love that you need
Darling, leave a light on for me
'Cause when the world takes me away
You are still the air that I breathe

I can't explain, I don't know
Just how far I have to go
But, darling, I'll keep the key
Just leave a light on for me

Yes I know, what I'm asking is crazy
You could go and just get tired of waiting
But if I lose your love, torn out by my desire
That would be the one regret of my life

Darling, leave a light on for me
I'll be there before you close the door
To give you all the love that you need
Darling, leave a light on for me
'Cause when the world takes me away
You are still the air that I breathe

I can't explain, I don't know
Just how far I have to go
But, darling, I'll keep the key
Just leave a light on for me

Just like a spark lights up the dark
Baby, that's your heart
Baby, that's your heart
Baby, that's your heart

Darling, leave a light on for me
I'll be there before you close the door
To give you all the love that you need
Darling, leave a light on for me
'Cause when the world takes me away
You are still the air that I breathe

Darling, leave a light on for me
I'll be there before you close the door
I'll be all the love that you need
Darling, leave a light on for me
'Cause when the world takes me away
You are still the air that I breathe

Darling, leave a light on for me
I'll be there before you close the door
To give you all the love that you need
Darling, leave a light on for me

Album Artist: Belinda Carlisle
Album(s): Runaway Horses (30th Anniversary Edition)
Written by: Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley
Music genre(s): Pop
Released: 1989
Decade for first release: #1980sMusic

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swap SSD to test run Linux?


I want to make the switch but I want to test run first before fully committing. My PC has an M.2 SSD. I was thinking I could buy another one, swap them out and put Linux on that. In an emergency, I can swap the SSD back. Does this seem like a viable/sensible path toward Linux? I don't really have too many files on my PC that I care about. I don't want to dual boot. I did that on a laptop back in the day and it was annoying.

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Jean-Claude Delhez :
-- LES MARIONNETTES D'ISW --

Les #médias parlent beaucoup, en ce moment, d'une décision du nouveau chancelier allemand autorisant les bombardements dans la profondeur du territoire russe, ce que son prédécesseur avait toujours refusé. Ils oublient de rappeler que des décisions semblables avaient déjà été prises à l'automne dernier, par les Anglo-saxons, décisions faisant suite à une longue campagne de presse d'un lobby américain, l' #ISW, "Institute for the Study of War".

Que veulent-ils ? C'est ce qu'on pourrait légitimement se demander en observant l'attitude des politiciens européens au sujet de l'affaire ukrainienne. Si l'on s'en tient aux intérêts nationaux des pays dont ils ont la charge, ce qu'ils font est incohérent, contre-productif, nuisible, que ce soit économiquement ou géopolitiquement. Ce n'est pas non plus très juste.

Par contre, la logique apparaît à la lecture d'un rapport américain. C'est un rapport publié il y a un an et commenté par le journaliste Matthew Blackburn pour le site 'Responsible Statecraft' (relayé par l'un d'entre vous il y a quelques jours – lien ci-dessous). Ce rapport est l'oeuvre d'ISW, encore lui. J'ai déjà parlé à plusieurs reprises d'ISW : un organisme d' #influence des néo-conservateurs américains financé par l'industrie d'armement, proche du Pentagone, et qui a ses entrées dans tous les #médias d' #Europe.

Sorti au printemps 2024, le rapport "Denying Russia's only strategy for success" propose les grands axes à suivre désormais à l'encontre de la #Russie. ISW avait toujours prétendu jusque-là que l'Ukraine allait gagner la guerre. Cette fois, il prétend que c'est de la propagande russe que de dire que la situation militaire de Kiev se dégrade. #ISW annonce : négocier, c'est capituler face à Poutine. Et d'insister : ce sont les lâches qui discutent avec la Russie. On se rappellera à quel point ces injonctions ont été suivies à la lettre par les Européens qui avaient ressorti le terme de "Munichois" pour stigmatiser tout quiconque jugeait utile de mettre fin au conflit. On se souvient aussi que ces mêmes politiciens ont toujours refusé toute négociation de #paix (avant de retourner leur veste à l'arrivée au pouvoir de #Trump, en prétendant désormais que c'est Moscou qui ne veut pas négocier).

Dans son rapport, ISW conseille aussi de ne pas entendre les réclamations et buts de guerre russes, pour la compréhension du conflit, ce que font encore aujourd'hui, parfaitement, tous les pouvoirs et médias européens. En sorte que le citoyen lambda peut être facilement manipulé puisqu'il ignore les motivations de Moscou.

Quelle action offensive propose ISW ? Comme il l'a toujours fait, l'institut opte pour l'escalade. L'escalade, c'est bien sûr armer toujours plus l'Ukraine. C'est aussi inciter Kiev à frapper dans la profondeur du territoire russe. ISW demande enfin à l' #OTAN de s'engager dans un conflit hybride contre Moscou : #espionnage, #terrorisme, guerre économique, etc. Là aussi, le rapport d'ISW a été appliqué à la lettre : sabotage des bateaux russes en Méditerranée, saisie de pétroliers, vol des avoirs russes gelés, pressions contre les exportations de #gaz et #pétrole, 17ème paquet de sanctions européennes adopté il y a quelques jours tandis qu'un 18ème est déjà en cours de préparation, envoi d'une Panzer Brigade allemande en Lituanie, etc.

Une question me taraude. Messieurs #Starmer, #Macron, #Merz et consorts, élus pour servir les intérêts de leurs populations, sont-ils des pantins au service des néo-conservateurs et des marchands de canons américains ?

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#Europe #UE #ukraine #US #États-Unis

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KDE 3.5 lives on and gets an update
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Wikipedia will adopt AI
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AppImages could be GOOD now? Fedora 42, Manjaro Immutable - Linux & Open Source News


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Manjaro Immutable has an alpha
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ArcoLinux shuts down
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Ubuntu 25.04 is out
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Nitrux builds an AppImage central repo
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LXQT 2.2 is out
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Google abused their monopoly on ad technology
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I used a MAC for 30 days, and I’m glad it’s over


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MacOS sucks as an operating system. No going around that, it's designed for mono tasking, or full keyboard use. No window tiling, dock can't minimize apps by clicking on them, the green button puts everything full screen...

The Global menu is great though, I wish it was well supported on Linux. No cut and paste for files and folders in the file manager is completely insane, and dragging files to other folders, or even to an open app is SO SLOW.

Installing apps was OK once you get used to it. The app store is pretty useless, as everything I wanted to use wasn't in it: resolve, firefox, GIMP, rectangles, an app for nextcloud notes, obs, steam, none of them are in the app store.

Virtual desktops are ok: gestures are good, but I'd argue GNOME does them better now: three fingers up in macOS doesn't show the virtual desktops, you also have to move the pointer towards the top of the screen to reveal them, or create a new one
You also can't just swipe right with 3 fingers to get to a new virtual desktop and start opening apps there.

Clicking on a window only focuses it, it doesn't select what you want, which is also annoying to get used to. Font rendering is absolutely great, though, especially compared to font rendering on Linux.

Now in terms of hardware, there's very little that's wrong with this macbook pro:

  • The display is pretty great, high res, color accurate, high refresh rate, it's very good, bUT it's also covered in super reflective glass, without a matte coating. The keyboard took me a while to get used to, no numpad on such a big laptop is annoying. The webcam, mic and speakers are insanely good, and trounce everything I have ever used with Windows or Linux.

But, in the end, I still prefer using my Slimbook Executive 16. Why? First, while the build quality of this mac is undeniably better, it's also extremely heavy. 1.5 kilos for the executive 16, 2.1 kilos for the Macbook

The ports on the mac are far less useful as well, lacking any USB A port. In terms of trackpad, I'm not super convinced by the one on the macbook. It's huge and precise and gestures work really well, but the click is just so unsatisfying.

M1 is a cool architecture, but it also has trouble running VMs for operating systems that aren't ARM based, which means it's basically unsuitable for my day to day work where I need to test distros, on a VM first, and then on actual hardware.

On geekbench, It scores 2038 in single core score, which isn't bad, and 12636 in multi core, which is among the highest I've ever reviewed on a laptop, and it was on battery, not plugged in.

Battery life is insane, with 14 to 16h of light work, and 6 to 8h of video editing, compared to 7 or 8h on the executive, and about 3 to 4h of editing.

In the end, I have more fun using my Executive 16. It feels solid enough, although it does scratch more easily, it weighs less, I like its keyboard and display just as much, and I actually prefer the touchpad on the Executive The mic, speakers and webcam aren't super important to me, so I don't really mind the downgrade, but I have to admit the ones on the executive are just way below the ones the macbook ships with.

On top of that, my Executive can run a full blown Linux distro, and VMs, which this mac can't, yet. Of course I'll try Asahi on it at some point, but for now, it looks far from ready.

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