[Terrapreta] Rice husk + fungi trial

[Duane Pendergast]

            Gerrit,

 

Some evidence for the  spin you mentioned. Alberta has a brand new Climate
Change Plan which proposes pumping 138 million tonnes of CO2 underground
annually by 2050.

 

http://environment.alberta.ca/2431.html

 

Public funding is recommended to get some facilities built in a joint
Alberta/Canada report.

 

http://www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/media/newsreleases/2008/200808_e.htm

 

Alberta announced an election yesterday. There is a strong possibility of a
federal election most any time.

 

It seems government spin doctors are working overtime to milk the climate
change cow.

 

Duane

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: terrapreta-bounces at bioenergylists.org
[mailto:terrapreta-bounces at bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Gerald Van
Koeverden
Sent: February 5, 2008 2:49 PM
To: Sean K. Barry
Cc: terrapreta
Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] Rice husk + fungi trial

 

I know what you are saying.  But who is going to subsidize it, especially
before there is a body of  scientific experimentation that backs up our
hopes/claims?  Besides, the competition for selling carbon credits will get
fierce what with the oil companies (the rhinoceros!) claiming that they have
the cheapest method of doing it, by pumping it underground.  Their 'spin'
machine is already working full-time to convince the governments of their
ability to do it most effectively.  

 

But if you know of anybody who has a bad conscience about their carbon
footprint, I can send them an address in Thailand of agricultural workers -
who are working in sustainable agriculture - to whom they can send some
money to buy, pulverize and incorporate into soil charcoal for trial plots.

 

Here in Canada, I focus on exploring market opportunities for
biochar/charcoal that have a chance of proving cost-effective, just as John
Flotvik is trying to develop his special fertilizer for the marketplace.

 

Gerrit

 

 

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