[Terrapreta] Carbon Farming

[lou gold]

Folke, I agree and it's important to note that it is not an either/or. There
are two necessary strategies.

We must slow or halt additional serious contributions of GHGs. This means,
following Hansen, et al, no more deforestation and no more coal burning
(unless we have the ability to scrub out the CO2). In both cases, there will
have to be compensation for "lost opportunity costs" or else it ain't gonna
happen. REDD is an attempt to address deforestation. Coal is more difficult
but massive technology transfers have led the topics for discussion.

The second part of any GW strategy is to somehow roll back the carbon clock.
This requires carbon negative sequestration. Some form of biochar
agriculture and forestry is now being touted as the way to go.

We need both and both require massive funding in order to matter in the
timeline.

hugs and blessings,

lou

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 6:30 AM, folke Günther <folkeg at gmail.com> wrote:

> IF Meryl Lynch and others just understood the simple fact that a tropical
> rain forest don't absorb  any carbon dioxide at all . (See the attached
> file. The rain forest is at the far right in the diagram). It just keeps it
> as long as he forest is till there. So, if you pay the people of Aceh not to
> tear the forest down, you should also pay people for not taking coal out
> of the mines. A good idea, but it will not diminish the far-too-large carbon
> content of the atmosphere.
> Better would it be if char actually sequestered from the atmosphere would
> be paid for. TP production for example.
>
> 2008/4/22, lou gold <lou.gold at gmail.com>:
>
> > Carbon Farming is Arriving Big Time
> >
> > Check it out in Fortune magazine
> >
> >
> > http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/17/technology/carbon_farming.fortune/?postversion=2008041808
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