[Terrapreta] CCS-Caps and trade or Carbon tax (where is buriedcharcoal?)

[Duane Pendergast]

Larry

I looked at the EENews video interview with WRI. WRI noted that only 5% of
the public have heard of CCS. Very few who discuss CCS, including the
thousands involved in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Mitigation Report, mention the possibility of sequestering with charcoal.

I think history has shown there is a little danger policy effective policy
will actually be implemented before the problem and solutions are
sufficiently well known and defined. So far we've just been subjected to
multi billion dollar huffing and puffing. Hopefully it will stay that way
and not move into trillion dollar ineffective actions.

I also noticed the E&E journal requires a subscription. The price is well
hidden. The titles advertised reflect the endless inane discussion we've
come to expect from the climate change - greenhouse gas management lobby.
It's hard to imagine anyone paying for this service when we are barraged
daily with similar articles for free. I suppose some will though.

Terra Preta enthusiasts might as well ignore the hubbub. They could be
sucked up in the swirling vortex of recycled discussion to the detriment of
establishing - or not - the viability of the Terra Preta solution.

Losing it,

Duane Pendergast



-----Original Message-----
From: terrapreta-bounces at bioenergylists.org
[mailto:terrapreta-bounces at bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Larry Williams
Sent: November 4, 2007 12:59 PM
To: Miles Tom
Subject: [Terrapreta] CCS-Caps and trade or Carbon tax (where is
buriedcharcoal?)

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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