[Terrapreta] Greenhouse Gases, Forestry, Dinassour Carbon, IPCC, Carbon Tax, etc, etc...

[Kevin Chisholm]

Dear Lou

lou gold wrote:
> Kevin,
>
> /Would you know of any other Lists that focus on "/How can char// be 
> used in the soil to its greatest advantage?/"/
>
> I don't know what to to suggest to you. If you are looking for another 
> list you might try to google your question.
>
> Meanwhile, do know that I feel quite comfortable and at home on this 
> list. It's like a big family, complete with a few crazy relatives.

My sincere apologies to you for the lack of clarity in my writing. In no 
way did I intend to suggest that you leave the TP list. If the TP list 
stays diluted, I would like to explore the possibility of moving to one 
that is more focused on "/How can char be used in the soil to its 
greatest advantage?"

/
Best wishes,

Kevin

hugs,
> lou
>
> On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Kevin Chisholm 
> <kchisholm at ca.inter.net <mailto:kchisholm at ca.inter.net>> wrote:
>
>     Dear Lou
>
>     lou gold wrote:
>
>         Kevin it sounds like you might mean, "/How can char// be used
>         in the soil to its greatest advantage?/" minus the possible
>         advantages for (1) carbon sequestration for atmospheric CO2
>         reduction, (2) waste management, (3) water retention and
>         purification, (4) funding a new agriculture, (5) reducing
>         deforestation and (6) re-balancing the relationship between
>         large human populations and the earth.
>
>
>     Those are excellent topics on their own, and would each be
>     deserving of a List of their own.  Folding all those topics into
>     the Terra Preta List dilutes the  content directly relevant to the
>     use of charcoal in the soil  to 1/7 of its potential strength.
>
>     With our present lack of knowledge about how to use char in the
>     soil to best advantage, it is like a car with no wheels. Progress
>     in your 1: to 6: areas of interest will be seriously hampered
>     without the knowledge of how to best use char in the soil. Lets
>     put wheels on the car and then we can really go places with the
>     topics of interest and concern to you and Sean.
>
>     Would you know of any other Lists that focus on "/How can char//
>     be used in the soil to its greatest advantage?/"
>
>     Best wishes,
>
>     Kevin
>
>
>
>
>
>         On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Kevin Chisholm
>         <kchisholm at ca.inter.net <mailto:kchisholm at ca.inter.net>
>         <mailto:kchisholm at ca.inter.net
>         <mailto:kchisholm at ca.inter.net>>> wrote:
>
>            Dear Lou
>
>
>            lou gold wrote:
>
>                Kevin,
>
>                I will be blunt.
>
>                I think that you should stop reading and responding to
>             subjects
>                that don't interest you and let others do as they please.
>
>
>            I also will be blunt.
>            I think you should stop writing postings that are not more
>            directly relevant to whatever Tom Miles, the List Owner,
>         decides
>            is relevant to the TP List. :-)
>
>                There is no harm in discussing peripherals. You are
>             acting like
>                some type of thought police.
>
>
>            Tom Miles: What are your views on what should be the nature of
>            postings to the TP list at this point in time? Do you think
>         that
>            it should focus more directly on topics that are on a track to
>            answering the question: "/How can char// be used in the soil to
>            its greatest advantage?/", OR do you think it should encourage
>            peripheral discussions on issues not related to answering the
>            above question?
>
>            Thanks.
>
>            Kevin
>
>
>
>
>                lou
>
>
>
>
>                On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Kevin Chisholm
>                <kchisholm at ca.inter.net <mailto:kchisholm at ca.inter.net>
>             <mailto:kchisholm at ca.inter.net
>             <mailto:kchisholm at ca.inter.net>>> wrote:
>
>                    In reviewing the recent volume of postings, it
>             strikes me
>                    that the most of the List Volume is peripheral to
>             the what
>                    some of us feel should be the main objective of the
>             TP list:
>                    Answering the question:
>                     "/How can char// be used in the soil to its greatest
>                    advantage?/"
>
>                    All these other threads and topics are interesting
>             in their
>                    own right, and serve a purpose in their own right,
>             but they
>                    don't seem to advance us toward the goal of answering
>                    questions about the use of Terra Preta in the soil?
>
>                    Is there any way we can get back on subject and
>             focus on
>                    addressing the question:
>                    "/How can char// be used in the soil to its
>             greatest advantage?/"
>
>                    What do others think about this suggestion? Do you
>             think it
>                    has merit? Do you think it will help prevent loss
>             of TP List
>                    subscribers?
>
>                    Best wishes,
>
>                    Kevin
>
>                    _
>
>
>
>
>
>
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