Ever thought about condensing that wood gas for a portable fuel or as a supplement to diesel? Especially in CA where the concern is for environmental friendliness.
Maybe the heat produced by the burner could be used to dry the wood chips ? Eventual the wood vinegre could be collected as there is a high demand for it in industries ? Following
Here’s the hypocrisy though. Environmentalists would literally rather see a forest burn then to log or graze it. Graze and logging removes fuels from public land. You can eat the carbon in the form of beef or use the carbon in the form of wood in a house. But I do suppose charcoal does remove some carbon since it stabilizes it or whatever doesn’t burn off. That being said Native Americans did prescribe burns yearly before uncle same and naturalists shut em down. It’s the great and famous John Muir the naturalist that wanted the Native Americans removed from Yosemite cause they managed the land and he thought land needs to be untouched to be pristine.