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    Hi
    I have just registered on this forum so wanted to say hi.
    Hopefully I won't infringe any of the forum rules on promotion etc by stating that this account is going to be used by a company (hence the choice of username) - we have one or two staff members who will aim to contribute to the discussions in the fields that we are associated and feel that we can offer informative and worthwhile opinions or advice.
    look forward to contributing to a quality forum
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    Hello AshwellBiomass,
    Welcome.
    I would imagine that you will be fairly busy on here as Biomass is a fairly hot topic to say the least!!!
    Could you advise Mikeee5 with his Smoke Nuisance thread. He is getting problems with air pollution from wood burning. I would imagine that air quality is a real concern for your company and one you will be very experienced in?
    Gusty.
    • CommentAuthorJoiner
    • CommentTimeAug 13th 2012
     
    :bigsmile:
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      CommentAuthorSteamyTea
    • CommentTimeAug 13th 2012
     
    Hello

    And there is the low productivity of biomass per square meter of land area compared to other sources.
    All good hearted as we try to criticise the idea not the person :wink:
    • CommentAuthorskyewright
    • CommentTimeAug 13th 2012 edited
     
    Posted By: SteamyTeaHello
    All good hearted as we try to criticise the idea not the person

    And we understand that criticise means "To evaluate (something), and judge its merits and faults, i.e. it's not just a negative thing. :smile:

    (unless of course there are no merits... :shocked:)
    • CommentAuthorJoiner
    • CommentTimeAug 13th 2012
     
    In which case we will happily digress into something that does have merit. :wink:
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    Do you think AshwellBiomass will come back??????????????:confused:
    • CommentAuthorskyewright
    • CommentTimeAug 13th 2012
     
    GT: Possibly depends on sense of humour?
    • CommentAuthorJoiner
    • CommentTimeAug 13th 2012
     
    Presence or variant of? :neutral:
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      CommentAuthorSteamyTea
    • CommentTimeAug 13th 2012
     
    I hope so as it will be good to talk to someone in the business that may be open to debate.
    • CommentAuthorJoiner
    • CommentTimeAug 14th 2012
     
    Second that. :smile:
    • CommentAuthorJoiner
    • CommentTimeAug 14th 2012
     
    But then again, I thought we were for unbiased opinion? :wink:
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      CommentAuthorSteamyTea
    • CommentTimeAug 14th 2012
     
    We are, that is why we put numbers to it :cool:
    • CommentAuthorjms452
    • CommentTimeAug 14th 2012
     
    Surely we should give a new user a break when they are being above board (without promoting) their company.
    I can think of several here with strong interests who also contribute excellently to a productive debate.

    At risk of restarting previous threads I would argue that biomass does have a role to play, especially in refurbishment, but is clearly not a panacea.

    Amanda - You may want to skim the 'biomass - a burning issue thread' to get an idea of some history on this forum. This forum is often ahead of its time so is an excellent place to find ideas/concerns that may be mainstream in a few years/decades.
    • CommentAuthorJoiner
    • CommentTimeAug 14th 2012 edited
     
    jms, the username promotes the company, just google it. Might have attracted less acerbic responses if Amanda had chosen a username like 'amandachu'? :wink:

    Oh, and that she just happened to work for a company installing biomass systems and would be happy to offer advice on any issues related to her field of employment. :bigsmile:

    'Renewablejohn' and 'sune' are both heavily involved in that industry but until they declared their financial interest in the course of open debate there was nothing in anything they posted to indicate that there was also a prejudicial interest, not that that is ever apparent in their posts, but we do all now know where they're coming from and I'd challenge anyone to find any indication that they're promoting their respective companies.
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    Please dont frighten off Ashwell Biomass as I am looking forward to the debate between Brian and Ashwell as the technology they use is at the dirty end of biomass. Just to start stirring the pot their Latvian partner is currently installing in Finland a Peat fired system capable of accepting moisture content upto 55%.
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    Ding ding- round 1- box.:bigsmile:
    • CommentAuthorjms452
    • CommentTimeAug 14th 2012
     
    Posted By: Joiner jms, the username promotes the company, just google it. Might have attracted less acerbic responses if Amanda had chosen a username like 'amandachu'?


    As do others on the site but this seems to be acceptable. Conversely if Amanda had chosen a username like 'amandachu' some might argue she was hiding her interest. Openness is generally a good thing and if it broke the site rules the moderators would have removed it - so far they haven't.

    You clearly have some strong views on the subject but the bulk of these comments aren't critical debate, merely joking at someone else’s expense and make the forum a less open and diverse place to discuss ideas.

    In fact I think you recently sounded regretful at shouting down opponents (of windfarms)- why not try listening to what someone has to say first this time?
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      CommentAuthorSteamyTea
    • CommentTimeAug 14th 2012
     
    Just making some tea here while contemplating the noise from the neighbours mower drowning out the traffic noise that almost masks the other shouty neighbour. Oh for the gentle throb of a soothing windturbine :wink:
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    :bigsmile:
    • CommentAuthorJoiner
    • CommentTimeAug 14th 2012
     
    :bigsmile:

    jms, there's openness and there's openness, we obviously draw the line at different points on the distinction-scale.

    No one is shouting-down the lady, it's more a case of a remarkably good-natured piss-take. John's knowledgeable bit of info is the first challenge to the lady's claim to have anything worthwhile to say.

    Had there not been the examples of good practice to point to I might have accepted your censure, but you seem to be saying that the exceptions (although you don't name them, I presume VH would be one such) prove the case that establishes a precedent that you find OK.

    As to the mods not picking up on the case, they rarely do unless someone emails or whispers them directly, and then there's a delay until they get around to picking those messages up. They are busy people.

    And apart from VH, I'm still desperately trying to think of who else uses their company name as their username.

    Had Amanda wished to add anything to any of the debates concerning biomass she could easily have picked up on one of the relevant threads and put in her four-pen'orth, instead she came straight in with...

    "Hopefully I won't infringe any of the forum rules on promotion etc by stating that this account is going to be used by a company (hence the choice of username)"

    ...which is a tad disingenuous by anyone's standard.
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    wow, I posted an introduction a few days ago and come back to find 21 comments discussing me and my username, including suggestions that I might not return.
    I will take the comments on the chin and in the spirit of the forum world - we're all here to rant and rave, get things off our chest etc. I'm big enough and ugly enough to cope.

    I think that all of us are here for different reasons but whether it is a hobby, a non commercial project or a business, or whatever, at the end of the day we are all interested enough in the subject matter to take the time to register (and pay the subscription fee) and to come back regularly (or every now and then).

    There is such a big fuss made in the intro to this forum about it not being the place for advertising and self promotion that I thought it best to highlight my choice of username before somebody did it for me. We all use a tagname that reflects us and the identity we want to portray - or in my case the business that I represent.

    And just to give something for you to rant back about :
    is it right that I can't mention a business UNLESS I pay for the privilege (as Eco Angus presumably have done on the page that I am looking at)?
    I had enough of that last week with the Olympics - you could only use Visa inside of the Olympic Park, East end traders were prevented from calling their cafe or car wash 'Olypmic XYZ' (take a look at http://www.terrywoodhouse.co.uk/olympic-branding-article-featuring-mr-routledge/ to see what I mean)
    • CommentAuthorSeret
    • CommentTimeAug 19th 2012
     
    Don't worry about it AshwellBiomass, there are others here who represent their businesses. Check out the user Viking House for one of our regulars. At the end of the day you'll be judged by the quality of your input here, not your username.
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    Well done AshwellBiomass. You took the posts as they had been intended. I for one look forward to your informative posts and learning from the experts,
    Gusty.
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      CommentAuthornigel
    • CommentTimeAug 19th 2012
     
    hear hear ashwellbiomass

    There are users on this forum that think they are defacto moderators - they aren't, they just haven't got anything more productive to do.

    I look forward to your input.
    • CommentAuthorGBP-Keith
    • CommentTimeAug 19th 2012
     
    What an embarrassing thread. It serves as an awful advert for the forum. I need to apologise to Ashwellbiomass for the poor welcome that she received.

    I am minded to tidy up this thread. Does anyone disagree or may I go ahead?
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    I am in total favour of open discussion and hope that AshwellBiomass took my posts and humour in the way they had been intended. I look forward to open debate on the pro's and con's of biomass on a large scale. I do not know enough about it to judge for myself so I hope to be more informed soon,
    Gusty.
    • CommentAuthorjms452
    • CommentTimeAug 20th 2012
     
    Posted By: GBP-KeithWhat an embarrassing thread. It serves as an awful advert for the forum. I need to apologise to Ashwellbiomass for the poor welcome that she received.


    I can't agree more
    • CommentAuthorTriassic
    • CommentTimeAug 20th 2012
     
    I say get cleaning
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    Happy for you to clean up if you think that the thread would put some people off - or distract them from the true intention of the forum.
    Though I do agree that a few light hearted pokes are harmless enough. The difficulty is that some web users can (and do) take things personally so it can be difficult to draw the line. I guess that if I took offence the end result would just be that I wouldn't come back.

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