[Terrapreta] Global Carbon Cycle

[Sean K. Barry]

Hi Kevin,

Read the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Protocol<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Protocol> page ... It has a good description of how the "Carbon Trading" scheme is supposed to work.  If countries who can participate in earning "carbon credits" do this (Non-Annex 1 countries) for more tons of carbon than all human output of carbon to the atmosphere, then we will finally be sequestering more carbon from the atmosphere, than is being pumped in.  Until then, however, we will only reduce the rate of carbon we put into the atmosphere, offsetting with sequestered carbon some of the future carbon emissions that would otherwise occur.

Does that make sense?

SKB
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kevin Chisholm<mailto:kchisholm at ca.inter.net> 
  To: Sean K. Barry<mailto:sean.barry at juno.com> 
  Cc: terrapreta at bioenergylists.org<mailto:terrapreta at bioenergylists.org> ; Christoph Steiner<mailto:Christoph.Steiner at uni-bayreuth.de> ; Ron Larson<mailto:rongretlarson at comcast.net> 
  Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 7:51 AM
  Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] Global Carbon Cycle


  Dear Sean

  It appears to me that "Carbon Trading" is a mechanism whereby people who

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