[Terrapreta] CCS-Caps and trade or Carbon tax (where is buried charcoal?)
Larry Williams
lwilliams at nas.com
Sun Nov 4 14:59:05 EST 2007
Consideration for the sequestering of atmospheric carbon by using
prepared charcoal is missing in these video's. Have they discounted
the potential benefit of buried charcoal or are they unaware of using
charcoal as a carbon capture technology? Maybe we should look at
their funding sources to understand their solutions.
What seemed clear is the a carbon tax serves a stable situation (a
known cost) for business interests over an unstable value for carbon
found with a cap and trade policy. As we work to understand how to
recreate a "nova" version of Terra Preta in our own areas, the big
boys are trying to set polices in place. Does that mean small
charcoal producers will not be seen as viable. If the parameters are
stringent then will the small producers be able to afford the
paperwork or requirements (unspecified at this time) to do business?
Does a portion of this group need to spend time tracking policy
makers? Or should they be ignored ( a "they will fail to act in time"
thought)? Is this forum the model that provides for the most
innovative research?-------Larry
1) WRI's (World Resource Institute) Venezia discusses new report on
carbon capture and sequestration
@ http://www.eenews.net/tv/video_guide/693?page=1&sort_type=date
2) A Snapshot of Selected .S. Energy Options Today: Climate Change
and Energy Impacts and Tradeoffs in 2025 @ http://images.wri.org/
usenergy2025_big.gif
3) America's Climate Security Act (S. 2191) @ http://
climate.alston.com/blog.aspx?entry=108
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