[Terrapreta] CO2 rising

[Brian Hans]

I cannot find that data Sean quotes from, maybe you can link it for us?  Also...that particular data flies in the face of the two links I made, one from Biopact and one from Wisconsin forests. Somewhere there is a rub.
   
  Im curious...if forest sink 2.75 tones of carbon/year...what happens to that in a mature forest? If a mature forest like that of the Amazon has been around for 10,000's of thousands of years... 10000x 2.75t = 27500t of carbon held. Obviously that isnt true or the soil would be 100's of feet thick and the trees 1000's of feet tall...and we all know that is not true...so where is the rub here?
   
  Also...I could say the same for a prairie... 1.41t/a/y sink ...after 1000 years there isnt 1410 t/a/y of sunk carbon...where is the C going?  
   
  We are missing something because if you play those numbers out thru time...they dont add up. 
   
  Brian
   
   
   
   
           
  I've beat on this hard, people.  The Table II shows it all.  Forests hold 20 times the amount of carbon at grasslands and Forests 'sink' approximately TWICE as much carbon every year as grasslands do.  If you argue against this, then you argue against one of the more widely accepted analysis of this subject.  That paper, "The Encyclopedia of Energy" is a compendium of sources which all say this same sort of thing.  It does not fly into the face of many others.  It agrees with others.  It is not counter-intuitive.  It is comprehensive.
   
  Regards,
   
  SKB




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