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Design</div><div>C ---2114655128-585353492-1353332815=:76933 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thank you Nancy for the proper spelling of "Bagasse".=0AI only guessed at t= he spelling and having heard it pronounced=0Awith varying accents - I wasn'= t sure. But English is a great language=0Aget it close and people will know= what you mean.=0AYes they do sell wood pellets for those kind of stoves.= =0AOne winter they brought them here from USA. I don't=0Aknow if any produc= ed in NS.=0AHave a nice fall - and keep making folks look good!=0APaul=0A= =0A=0A________________________________=0A From: Nancy Roberts <nancy.robert= s@ns.sympatico.ca>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASent: Monday, November = 19, 2012 9:17:10 AM=0ASubject: Re: [NatureNS] Burning Forests PS=0A =0A=0AB= agasse is the word, but it means the pulpy stalks only AFTER the juice has = been pressed out. I wonder what the burned but not pressed stalks are calle= d?=0A=0ATo jump to your firewood observation, some smaller wood is chipped = for the manufacture of wood pellets =E2=80=93 this might be where you firew= ood supplier's small wood is going. I know this is done in New Brunswick. T= his was triggered when the US housing market collapsed, causing closure of = lumber mills in NB, reducing the supply of sawdust for pellets.=0A=0ASome p= ellets are exported to Europe from New Brunswick.=C2=A0=0A=0ACheers,=0A=0AN= ancy=0A=0A=0ANancy Roberts Design=0ACelebrating 19 years of making you look= GOOD=0A=0ADartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6=0A=0A=0A =0A=0AOn 18-Nov-12, at 7:56 PM, P= aul MacDonald wrote:=0A=0AHi Dave=0A>That is in essence how sugar is produc= ed from canes.=0A>The begause ( Spelling? ) which is the canes from which t= he leaves have been burned=0A>in the field is put through rollers which pre= sses out the sugar sap.=0A>The begause is then burned, the heat used to rem= ove the water from=0A>the sap and dry the sugar and the surplus heat is use= d to dry=0A>the incoming begause so it=C2=A0burns better.=C2=A0=0A>All the = burning of course ends up with brown sugar which must be refined=0A>in less= energy efficient factories.=0A>A very energy efficient operation but you b= etter have an experienced man on hand=0A>to direct things or it can end up = with lots of trouble.=C2=A0=0A>On an earlier post you talked about green ve= rsus dry wood.=0A>The lad I get my firewood from tells me that this year fo= rward he only supplies=0A>wood above 15 cms - approximately. The smaller wo= od is chipped green=0A>for heat but I never asked where the heat is produce= d.=0A>Bigger wood costs too much to chip. Suits me fine!=0A>Have a nice fal= l=0A>Paul=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>________________________________=0A> From:= David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>=0A>To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca= =0A>Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 7:05:25 PM=0A>Subject: [NatureNS] Burn= ing Forests PS=0A> =0A>Dear All,=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Nov 18, 2012=0A>=C2=A0 After sending the e-mai= l earlier today I noticed that some of the waste heat (about 65% ?) from a = plant of this type could be used to dry the chips before burning. When gree= n wood is burned about 25% of the heat energy is used to evaporate water. S= o the waste heat would readily do this with ~40% left over for other purpos= es.=0A>Yt, DW =0A>=0A>=0A> ---2114655128-585353492-1353332815=:76933 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Thank you = Nancy for the proper spelling of "Bagasse".</span></div><div style=3D"color= : rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york'= , times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>I= only guessed at the spelling and having heard it pronounced</span></div><d= iv style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new r= oman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style:= normal;"><span>with varying accents - I wasn't sure. But English is a grea= t language</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; = font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color:= transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>get it close and people will know = what you mean.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16= px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color= : transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Yes they do sell wood pellets for= those kind of stoves.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-= size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; backg= round-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>One winter they brough= t them here from USA. I don't</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0)= ; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif= ; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>know if any pro= duced in NS.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px= ; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-colo= r: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Have a nice fall - and keep maki= ng folks look good!</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-siz= e: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Paul</span></div= ><div><br></div> <div style=3D"font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york',= times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style=3D"font-family: 'times new rom= an', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font s= ize=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> <hr size=3D"1"> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bo= ld;">From:</span></b> Nancy Roberts <nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca><b= r> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> naturens@chebucto.n= s.ca <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, No= vember 19, 2012 9:17:10 AM<br> <b><span style=3D"font