Vee-Go Reply and Update: The ash from USSE is almost a miracle product.
Vee-Go is not a one man operation any more than an orchestra's conductor is a one man operation. I orchestrate a significant number of people who produce products for me. In my youth, I employed more than 450 people. As I have grown older, I prefer to sub-contract rather then direct employ.
Vee-Go produces biomass heating pellets, biomass based animal litter and beddings, and is now assembling a biofuel manufacturing and purification facility in West Springfield, MA. We are currently installing almost 100,000 gallons of tank storage, vegetable oil filtration facilities, and bio-diesel manufacturing equipment in a 260,000 square floor facility owned by my partner and located at Google Earth 42 Deg 05' 25.66 N and 72 Deg 36'24.33 W.
The entire facility will be available for Vee-Go's vegetable oil products and for the production of whatever biofuels USSE needs manufactured for the northeast.
As to the ash, it is almost a miracle product that not only can be used as a 7-3-7 fertilizer, but also as a coal substitute (as determined by a large coal-burning utility we work with), a de-toxifying agent for the most invasive alfatoxins known (see test results below), and as a carbon sequestration agent that can remove CO2 from the atmosphere and sequester it in the earth for thousands of years (see my post #49686).
Vee-Go Energy Aflatoxin Tests on Rivera Soy Ash
On September 11, I received a long awaited initial report on the viability of USSE's soy ash as a binding agent for various aflatoxins that are increasingly contaminating agricultural soils around the globe. The tests were conducted under laboratory conditions at a respected institution. While I will leave it up to John Rivera to release the information as he sees fit, I will reveal this much in response to a noted basher on this board who denigrated Vee-Go and this testing effort.
The studies were conducted with four toxins B1,B2,G1,G2 in 5 part per billion concentrations in a buffer(soil) quantity of 10 milliliters. Each toxin was exposed to three concentrations of soyash: 10mg, 30mg, and 50mg.
It was found that the soyash effectively binds to(deactivates), all four toxins. The binding efficiencies, i.e. the percentage of entire toxin sample that was deactivated with each treatment, varies depending on the particular toxin as well as with the dosage of soyash used.
The binding efficiencies as well as required soyash quantities in pounds per acre per inch of topsoil depth were:
B1: 68.0% to 83.5% per application of 224 to 1120 pounds/acre/inch.
B2: 46.6% to 81.1% per application of 224 to 1120 pounds/acre/inch.
G1: 50.6% to 66.9% per application of 224 to 1120 pounds/acre/inch.
G2: 25.7% to 62.3% per application of 224 to 1120 pounds/acre/inch.
Multiple treatments would bind with the same efficiencies to any toxins left behind by prior treatments. Thus two treatments to B1 at 1120 pounds per acre would bind to 97.3% of toxins.
The deleterious effects of aflatoxins are manifested where the toxin meets the stalk of the plant. One does not need to detoxify the entire depth of the topsoil, nor does one need to remove 97%. One application could reduce the concentration of alfatoxins and bring the crops into compliance with standards.
There is considerable loss of income due to aflatoxins so the cost per acre to remediate can be offset by income gains. These tests are very positive and encouraging and the farmer owned grain and fertilizer coop I work with to produce Vee-Go biomass heating pellets are excited about the potential.
When the ash becomes available in quantity, I will be one of the first customers.
Michael Garjian, CEO
Vee-Go Energy
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