[Terrapreta] What is so bad about global warming?

[Kevin Chisholm]

Dear Sean

Has anyone on the List actually tried to buy and to sell Carbon Credits? 
What would be the "Buy" and the "Sell" prices?

Does anyone know where the present Carbon Credits are coming from?

Do the Carbon Credits purchased balance with the Carbon Credits sold?

Is it presently possible to make money producing char for Terra Preta

Has the agricultural benefit of Terra Preta been quantified, and reduced 
to dollar terms?

Are there any Farmers anywhere in the World actually buying char to make 
Terra Preta because of a perceived commercial benefit? If not, what is 
the "Loss per tonne of carbon that would have to be offset" before it 
would be commercially advantageous for the Farmer to make Terra Preta?

Best wishes,

Kevin

Sean K. Barry wrote:
> Hi Dan, Larry, Others,
>  
> That is a thought provoking question, Dan.  It sounds kind of like 
> those hyped History Channel segments, "After We're Gone" or the 
> "Aftermath".  You are right I think about the atmospheric carbon 
> levels being wrong for our species and right for other species.  One 
> could wonder to what species thrive in atmospheric carbon levels on 
> Venus now, too.
>  
> The point is, and you said it, "Not that I personally want to become 
> extinct don't-ya-know", but who does?  Do you even want the quality of 
> your life to degrade?  Do you have any children?  What are you going 
> to do to make your life better in the face of current GCC for yourself 
> and/or them in the future?  That's the point.  "Carpe Diem" is all 
> that we can do for anything we do, isn't it?  Global Climate Change in 
> the near term (our lifetimes) isn't about human extinction now or soon 
> nearly as much as it is about the human strife beginning now of the 
> path to human extinction.
>  
> Larry, I hear you ...
> "High tech toys cannot produce enough charcoal to effectively lower 
> the atmosphere's CO2 percentages. They are to expensive to produce the 
> quantity that is needed. Would you call it a poor return on investment 
> or the dollar to char deal? "
>  
> I can't adopt that defeatist attitude.  I think it's doable.  We can 
> produce enough charcoal and lower CO2 emissions enough to strike a 
> balance.  I think it is a monumental worldwide undetaking to do it, 
> too.  So?  When do we get started, I say.
>  
> Regards,
>  
> SKB
>  
>