[Terrapreta] maybe controversial & Hansen

[lou gold]

YES, YES, YES.

Help Hansen have a proactive proposal -- a problem solver like terra preta.
We all need to put out the message that the world created by dealing with
(rather than avoiding) global warming will be a BETTER world, a more
abundant world, a more harmonious world. Do you believe it? Really believe
it? I do. So now we must work because the mystery of belief is not to just
believe but to believe and to practice. So lets work and help Hansen, and
each other, and everyone step into a better world.

That my stump speech.

hugs,  lou

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 7:46 PM, <Shengar at aol.com> wrote:

>  In a message dated 4/13/2008 12:25:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> rongretlarson at comcast.net writes:
>
> 8.  I haven't had time to get into this - but we on "Terrapreta" can help
> Hansen by adding more substantiation on how much can be done.  Hansen is a
> cautious author - so I suspect the above may be on the low side.  He is not
> mentioning growth of bacteria and fungus , nor the added above-ground
> biomass that must occur.  Also no mention of agricultural NOx reduction.
> Anyone have alternative numbers?  And the costs to do this?
>
>
> Also no mention of other direct effects;
>
> 10X N2O Reductions, Methane reductions, or  water savings,
>
> and in-direct effects;
>
> Water shed pollution abatement ,
>
> With a proper total accounting, of all co-benefits, I'll bet that every
> ton of Char/Carbon sequestered is truly worth at least two tons, but that is
> sheer speculation, each soil type will be different. I have no idea of the
> baseline volume of N2O soil emissions of the average agricultural acre.
>
>
>
> " help Hansen - who I now view as likely to be our most
> effective spokesperson."
>
> I sent several posts to Hansen over the last two years, and an old high
> school friend who does ocean rise work at EPA. He , like Hansen has during
> this administration had restrictions placed on direct contact with the
> media.
>
> Great to see that Hansen is  talking up Biochar now!
> Erich J. Knight
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