[Terrapreta] Nature Story on journal Climatic Change Editorial

[Duane Pendergast]

Eric

 

I believe Peter Read initially started out to propose that carbon dioxide
from burning of biofuels could be sequestered by pumping it underground as
is proposed for fossil fuels. He noted that this would constitute a means of
establishing negative emissions.  I think he later he became aware of the
charcoal and terra preta concept. He participated in the conference Danny
Day organized in Georgia in 2004.

 

His paper is available on the Internet and he does include the production of
char as a soil enricher.

 

http://www.springerlink.com/content/rt798740226381q8/fulltext.pdf

 

 

The Nature story you posted Eric, suggests to me that Climatic Change and
editor Stephen Schneider are both a little slow to pick up and expose new
ideas. Better late than never though.  

 

Congratulations Peter for fighting this through the publishing system. Maybe
you would like to contribute to the list and help to enlighten us - or
correct my understanding of the progression of your interest in this.

 

 

Duane Pendergast

 

 

 

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Subject: [Terrapreta] Nature Story on journal Climatic Change Editorial

 

Hi All,

 

No direct charcoal wording in the text of this Nature story, 

I couldn't find the Climate Change journal article, but from this Nature
story ...I have one question.

Does Peter Read's proposal involve Charcoal to the soil via pyrolysis?

Referees at the journal Climatic Change rejected Read's paper, but editor
Stephen Schneider elected to publish it as an editorial commentary.

Published online 9 January 2008 | Nature 451, 113 (2008) |
doi:10.1038/451113a 

News


Could global gardening fix climate change?


Biomass proposal could hugely reduce carbon dioxide levels.

http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080109/full/451113a.html

 

 

Erich





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