[Terrapreta] Char made made under pressurized conditions?

[Tom Miles]

Jim,

 

“sequestering massive amounts of carbon” is the key. You seem to be saying that compositing doesn’t scale in a modern agricultural environment. Composting would seem to fit better at a small scale, as an urban high value soil amendment, or for a rural smallholder where the ingredients may be more available.

 

I agree that Eduard in that at least in our environment the TP product must be prepared so that there are clear and predictable agronomic and economic benefits. That’s why I think the urban homeowner would be a good target for TP products that may in another form be applied to agriculture. Ag buyers will not pay as much as the homeowner, landscaper or enthusiastic gardener.    

 

I look at charcoal as a means of facilitating the growth of biomass. It becomes a stable part of the mix of OM rather than an attempt to replace or create OM. 

 

Tom

 

>For those thinking about saving the world by reducing CO2, composting maybe a nice academic subject but it has no place in the practices for sequestering massive amounts of carbon.

>Jim

 

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