[Terrapreta] a paper quantatifying the GHG load of various carbonpathways back to atmosphere

[David Yarrow]

a slight twiddle with the stated facts:

converting CO2 to carbonate bioskeletons in the sea is a rather long term 
carbon storage system.  most limestone bedrock -- fossil carbonate shells --  
is a few hundred million years old -- effectively a one-way ticket out of 
the global carbon cycle.  from our human perspective -- such a time scale to 
sequester carbon is as good as "forever."

which makes the currently accelerating die-off and bleaching of coral reefs 
even more alarming.

~dy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jim mason" <jimmason at whatiamupto.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 4:06 PM
Subject: [Terrapreta] a paper quantatifying the GHG load of various carbon 
pathways back to atmosphere
> http://allpowerlabs.org/papers/GHGPathwaysStudyPacInst.pdf
> a paper that attempts to represent the ghg load/life of various pathways
> remember, all the carbon in solid biomass is going to back
> to gas in the atmoshere in the end.  there is no stasis here, only
> cycle.