[Terrapreta] carbon sequestration but where is TP?

[Michael Bailes]

C*arbon sequestration- but where is Terra preta?
Still under the radar?*

*Why?
*

 RI farmers can join fight against climate
change<http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20071002.E03&irec=2>
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
*Carbon sequestration* is one of the possible solutions to global climate
change. It means facilitating the redistribution of *carbon* from the air. *
...*
 See all stories on this
topic<http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp%3Ffileid%3D20071002.E03%26irec%3D2>

 Labor announces $100m indigenous
plan<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22535521-11949,00.html>
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
"CSIRO research indicates that there are savannah management options which
could significantly increase *carbon sequestration*. "There are 60 million
hectares *...*
 See all stories on this
topic<http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22535521-11949,00.html>

 Christmas tree goes green<http://www.benningtonbanner.com/localnews/ci_7090998>
Bennington Banner - Bennington,VT,USA
The *Carbon* Capital Fund allows consumers to offset *carbon* emissions by
directly investing in *carbon sequestration* projects on National Forest
land. *...*
 See all stories on this
topic<http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.benningtonbanner.com/localnews/ci_7090998>

 Bold Moves for Renewables in 110th
Congress<http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/reinsider/story?id=50182>
RenewableEnergyAccess.com - Peterborough,NH,USA
*...* may promote more tree panting and *carbon sequestration* from coal and
petroleum rather than promote energy efficiency and renewable energy
applications. *...*
 See all stories on this
topic<http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/reinsider/story%3Fid%3D50182>

 Quick Thoughts on *Carbon
Sequestration*<http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/perelman021007.html>
Monthly Review - Herndon,VA,USA
A fashionable suggestion is technologically intensive *carbon sequestration*.
That, however, is an excessively expensive and probably technically
impossible *...*
 See all stories on this
topic<http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/perelman021007.html>

 Bio-shields for two tsunami-hit
villages<http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/08/stories/2007100854120400.htm>
Hindu - Chennai,India
Bio-shields can also be used for *carbon sequestration* – the process of
capturing and storing atmospheric *carbon* dioxide while releasing oxygen
back to the *...*
 See all stories on this
topic<http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/08/stories/2007100854120400.htm>

 Tampa Electric shelves plans for new energy
source<http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2007/10/01/daily46.html>
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
While technology exists for *carbon* capture, there remain many
uncertainties about *carbon sequestration* to be resolved before a
significant investment like *...*
 See all stories on this
topic<http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2007/10/01/daily46.html>

 In Obama's world, polluters must
pay<http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-obama8oct08,0,1969576.story?coll=la-home-center>
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Some in the utility industry say that so-called *carbon*- capture and -*
sequestration* technology is a long way from being affordable and reliable
enough for *...*
 See all stories on this
topic<http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-obama8oct08,0,1969576.story%3Fcoll%3Dla-home-center>

Google Blogs  *carbon sequestration*

 American Power: The Case for an Energetic New Progressive
Politics<http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/bookclub/2007/oct/07/american_power_the_case_for_an_energetic_new_progressive_politics>
 By Michael Shellenberger
At that price, firms required to reduce their emissions will invest in the
least expensive emissions reductions possible, such as burning methane from
landfills, purchasing forest land for *carbon sequestration*, shifting from
coal to *...*
 TPMCafe - TPMCafe Book Club feed - http://www.tpmcafe.com/flexinode/list/8
<http://www.tpmcafe.com/flexinode/list/8>

 Cutting the Cost of Watts and Soaking up
CO2<http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/cutting-the-cost-of-watts-and-soaking-up-co2.html>
 By David Bradley
*Carbon sequestration* is a well-studied theoretical approach to reduce *
carbon* emissions by locking up *carbon* dioxide deep in the ground or on
the ocean floor in various forms. Whether or not such an approach is tenable
in terms of the *...*
 Sciencebase Science Blog - http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog
<http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog>

 A quick look at 'fourth generation'
biofuels<http://biopact.com/2007/10/quick-look-at-fourth-generation.html>
 By Biopact team(Biopact team)
So CCS applied to biomass allows for an ideal scenario: the production of
biomass close to a *sequestration* site that is far away from inhabited
regions (many of these sites have already been identified). The
*carbon*-negative
fuel would *...*
 biopact - http://biopact.com/ <http://biopact.com/>

 Saving Extra Wind Energy Underground for
Later<http://climateofourfuture.org/saving-extra-wind-energy-underground-for-later/>
 By zephyr1
TreeHugger Seemingly taking a page out of *carbon sequestration*'s playbook,
a coalition of local facilities in Iowa are working out a scheme to store
surplus wind energy by placing it underground. The idea being to keep it
safely locked *...*
 Climate of Our Future - http://climateofourfuture.org
<http://climateofourfuture.org>

 Obama's Full Energy Speech: You Want To Pollute? Pay
Up<http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/10/obamas_full_energy_speech_you_want_to_pollute_pay_up.php>
 By Greg Sargent
Many of these clean energy technologies – from biofuels to solar power
to *carbon
sequestration* – are being developed in research labs and facilities all
across America at this very moment. The problem is they might never get
further *...*
 Election Central - http://tpmelectioncentral.com/
<http://tpmelectioncentral.com/>

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  Michael the Archangel

"You can fix all the world's problems in a garden. . . .
Most people don't know that"
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