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Or just burn the huge piles to charcoal (pyrolysis), then you're only storing carbon, and it certainly won't decay. Even use it as a soil enhancer.

• ckrapu 2y ago
  Let's say that we have a hollowed-out zone in the middle of the biomass pile where we tolerate limited oxidization so we can run a fire. If the rest of it is wet, maybe the heat from that combustion could pyrolyze a large radius of surrounding material since O2 flow into the system should be small.
  • jacknews 2y ago
    Indeed if you insulate the pile as the OP suggests, the entire pile should reach pyrolisis temperatures.
    • ckrapu 2y ago
      That does seem like a much better approach than freezing it, then.