[Terrapreta] Jim Hansen on our side

[lou gold]

Hey Folke,

Is the Hansen letter on-line somewhere?
I would like to be able to link to it.

Thanks,

lou

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 6:28 AM, Folke Günther <folke at holon.se> wrote:

>  In a recent letter (yesterday), Jim Hansen says:
>
> There is tremendous potential for reducing atmospheric CO2 via reduction
> of
>
> deforestation, improved forestry practices, and *improved agricultural
> practices that*
>
> *increase carbon storage in the soil*. If governments were to encourage
> such practices,
>
> rather than the converse, and if coal use were phased out except where the
> CO2 is
>
> captured, it would be possible to literally roll back the net human-made
> climate forcing to
>
> levels below those defining critical tipping points.
>
> We must remember, at the same time, that the ability of the principal CO2 sink,
> the ocean,
>
> to soak up human-made emissions is limited and slow (Figure 1). If we burn
> most of the
>
> available coal (Figure 3) without CO2 capture, even with the lowest
> estimates of available
>
> coal reserves, it will be impractical if not impossible to avoid passing
> climate tipping
>
> points with disastrous consequences.
>
> (My italics)
>
> FG
>
>
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