[Terrapreta] dot.earth on carbon credits

[lou gold]

GREAT Sean.

I see that they published it.
Congratulations.

Perhaps, when we post to US blogs, etc we might mention the Salazar bill in
the Senate.
Biopac has a thorough report. We might include the link in our messaging.
http://biopact.com/2007/10/towards-carbon-negative-bioenergy-us.html

What do you think?

Thanks again for all your work.

lou





On Nov 21, 2007 5:48 AM, Sean K. Barry <sean.barry at juno.com> wrote:

>   Hi 'terrapreta' list,
>
> Here is a blog post for our great cause here at the 'terrapreta' list,
> Lou.
>
> Carbon credits should be paid for "long term" sequestration of carbon, not
> just for preventing the further release of more "fossil carbon" to the
> atmosphere, or for "temporarily" storing carbon with "short term"
> sequestratration in living plants.  Perhaps "long term" sequestration should
> be paid MORE (with higher value credits per ton?) than "short term"
> sequestration and "short term" sequestration should be paid MORE than simple
> "fossil carbon" emissions reductions?  Perhaps, too, carbon credits could
> increase in value with increased longevity of the carbon storage out of the
> atmosphere?  Paid like bonds?  Carbon credits paid in growing value CARBON
> BONDS!
>
> Terra Preta is Portuguese for "Dark Earth", where soil is enriched with
> carbon in the form of black charcoal.  This charcoal stays for a very long
> time in the soil, magnitudes longer than carbon stored in living or
> decomposing plants and biomass.  It has half-life "out-of-the-atmosphere"
> that is measured in centuries or millennia.
>
> The charcoal in soil also imparts properties to the soil which makes it a
> better growing medium for plants; better water holding capacity, better
> nutrient holding capacity, better habitat for benficial soil microorganisms,
> better tilth and friability of the soil, and better cation ion exchange
> capacity (CEC), all to make water and plant nutrients more available for
> growing plants.  Plants grow bigger (measured at up to 266% more in a single
> growing season vs. in un-amended soil) and stronger in charcoal amended soil
> because the soil can deliver more of the neccessary plant nutrients.  The
> plants just use more nutrients from the soil, more sunshine, take more CO2
> out of the atmosphere, and grow more plant!  Terra Preta soils exhibit
> remarkable fertility.
>
> Terra Preta soil formations were first discovered in the Amazon River
> Basin.  They are MAN MADE!  Pre-Columbian peoples performed an agricultrual
> miracle by building Terra Preta soils.  It allowed them to feed 100s of
> thousands of people 1000s of years ago, growing food crops in a place which
> does not readily grow food crops well (it only grows jungles slowly).  The
> Terra Preta soils in the Amazon formations have retained their remarkable
> fertility for at least centuries, still until today, as documented by
> generational histories of many South American farm families.  They land
> containing these soils is highly prized as very productive agricultural
> land.  Highly valued "Terra Preta De Indio" soils are illegally mined and
> sold as garden soil amendments.
>
> In a world suffering from briskly advancing population growth,
> skyrocketing atmospheric CO2 concentrations, and consequential Global
> Warming, the formation of Terra Preta anew (Terra Preta Nova) could provide
> the largest signifiicant double whammy to these problems.  Terra Preta soils
> could both help feed a growing world population and sequester giga-tons of
> carbon directly out of the atmosphere and into "long term" sequestration in
> the soil.  Most of the energy needed to do this would come from the Sun.
> Acute knowledge of Terra Preta the engineering know how to make the
> formation of it happen both exist now, but world-wide common knowledge of it
> and the will to act on it are lacking.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sean K. Barry
> Principal Engineer/Owner
> Troposphere Energy, LLC
> 11170 142nd St. N.
> Stillwater, MN 55082-4797
> (651)-285-0904 (Work/Cell)
> (651)-351-0711 (Home/Fax)
> sean.barry at juno.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* lou gold <lou.gold at gmail.com>
> *To:* Terrapreta <Terrapreta at bioenergylists.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 20, 2007 1:56 PM
> *Subject:* [Terrapreta] dot.earth on carbon credits
>
>
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> Andrew Revkin over at the NY Times blog dot earth http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/efforts-to-see-that-a-ton-of-carbon-saved-is-a-ton-earned/index.html?hp
>
> <http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/efforts-to-see-that-a-ton-of-carbon-saved-is-a-ton-earned/index.html?hp+>
> has a post on regulating carbon credits.
>
> Comments are open. Perhaps it's a good place to tout how easy it would
> be to have regulated metrics for producing and sequestering char.
>
> Anyway, it's a place to gain some attention for terra preta.
>
> The International Herald Tribune <http://www.iht.com/> blog called
> Business of Green is mentioned
> which might be another place to boost agrichar.
>
> all best,
>
> lou
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