[Terrapreta] History on the climate aspects of the terrapretalist

[Ron Larson]

Duane:

    See notes below. 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Pendergast" <still.thinking at computare.org>
To: "'Kevin Chisholm'" <kchisholm at ca.inter.net>
Cc: "'Terra Preta'" <terrapreta at bioenergylists.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] History on the climate aspects of the terrapretalist


> Good points Kevin!
> 
> The soil improvement aspects of TP need long term research - likely long
> before commercial feasibility will be demonstrated. The agricultural
> research stations in Canada have the general mandate to do that.  [RWL:  Agreed.  I am amazed at the huge ag soils research network out there - that we need badly to get going on the needed research.  I think this is mostly federally funded?]
> 
> I had an article published in Alberta Oil where I introduced the TP concept
> and sang in praise of this TP list. My - so far probably forlorn - hope was
> that Alberta industry and agricultural  interests might catch on to the
> concept and initiate some long term R&D to evaluate potential application to
> remediation of lands adversely impacted by production of oil from the tar
> sands. 
> 
> http://www.computare.org/publications.htm
> 
> or
> 
> http://www.computare.org/Support%20documents/Publications/Soil%20from%20Oil/
> Soil%20From%20Oil0001.pdf

    [RWL:  Duane - I found a very nice site.  Nice paper.  Congratulations.  I think the oil industry is not likely to be the most receptive group to receive your biochar message - but I applaud you for trying.  Responding favorably to your message of land reclamation  (we are seeing biochar-related interest in this topic in Colorado as well) probably is not welcome to those creating the problem. ]

> 
> I, I think like you, would like to see more focus on the soil improvement
> aspect of TP on the list. If anyone actually read my article and tuned into
> the list, they would likely be turned off by all the rhetoric on CO2 induced
> warming. There is plenty of inane promotional oratory in the daily media on
> CO2 induced GW and potential solutions. I think it is counter productive to
> pay a lot of attention to it here.
    [RWL:  I am responding mostly because of your use of <inane promotional oratory>.  Probably better to have let it slide - but that language does not seem to fit with what I found on your web site about global warming.  What am I missing?  Have you changed your mind on warming?  Of course I have to disagree on counter-productivity.     Ron]
    
> 
> Duane 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:terrapreta-bounces at bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Chisholm
> Sent: June 5, 2008 2:53 AM
> To: Ron Larson
> Cc: Terra Preta; Sean K. Barry
> Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] History on the climate aspects of the terrapreta
> list
> 
> Dear Ron
> 
> I would suggest that every person on the TP List would agree that 
> burying biochar or using it as an agricultural supplement will tend to 
> reduce the CO2 content of the Atmosphere. The problem is that nobody 
> seems to know if Terra Preta will work and be economic outside of 
> Brazil, as an agricultural supplement.
> 
> Would you know of anywhere in the World North or south of the 20 Degree 
> of Latitude where char has recently been added to agricultural soils in 
> a commercially successful manner?
> 
> g
> 
> 
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