[Terrapreta] Fwd: compost and charcoal

[Kevin Chisholm]

Dear Lou

Somebody was clever enough to get the Domain Names Agrichar.com and 
Agrichar.net. Until we know who owns the names, the entire terra preta 
movement could end up promoting the commercial interests of one company, 
if the term "agrichar" is used..

Best wishes,

Kevin
lou gold wrote:
> Thank you David,
>
> I don't think that you are quibbling at all. Language has a way of 
> settling in and being VERY difficult to change. I still have wrestle 
> with the fact that most people think that tree planting is reforestation.
>
> Anyway, I considered the options and have decided to use the term 
> "Agrichar" for several reasons:
>
> 1) it is friendly to conventional agricultural folk and doesn't set a 
> polarity or opposition from our movement;
>
> 2) it is the term used in Ken Salazar's Senate Bill;
>
> 3) it doesn't sound alternative or on the far edge.
>
> I just went back to change text in my current blog missive. Here's an 
> out-of-context quote showing a distinction of terms,
>
> "But there's a hitch -- the energy market is demanding charcoal as 
> fuel not as a soil amendment. What will cause farmers to make the 
> longer-term investment in soil restoration rather than reap immediate 
> profits from selling agrichar as charcoal?"
>
> My full post is here: 
> http://lougold.blogspot.com/2007/11/biofuels-are-only-part-of-solution.html 
> <http://lougold.blogspot.com/2007/11/biofuels-are-only-part-of-solution.html>
>
> BTW, I really welcome criticism and suggestions about my style, word 
> useage and concepts. I plan to do a lot of terra preta storytelling 
> and this forum is one of the places where I'm polishing my approach.
>
> Thanks to all.
>
> lou
>