Bhaskar et al
You are mostly correct below, but leaving out the fact that the “8
Billion tons of Carbon consumption per year” is nearly balanced by the
subsequent return of that carbon as the biomass rots or is consumed by
“critters”. The net annual change is a small part of that 8 Gt C/yr.
My answer for your last question to John below: he is almost certainly
talking of a net value - but much larger than 2 Gt C/yr. - close to your value
of 10 Gt C/yr.
I am about to send in my own analysis of John’s interesting chart. I
am saying there, in part, that ocean biomass can be helpful - because growth
rates are so large - and presumably can be captured in the 2030 time frame that
is central to John’s scenario. Of course I see much of that ocean biomass
ending up in soils - providing the best economic returns (including carbon
neutral energy values as well) - for centuries/millenia (as with terra preta
soils).
Ron
> On Aug 30, 2016, at 8:41 PM, Bhaskar M V <bhaskarmv...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> John
>
> The diagram is quite complex, since you have put the problems and solutions
> in the same diagram.
> These can be separated to help focus on the solutions.
>
> Diatoms seeding would not be necessary, they are already present in large
> numbers in all natural waterways.
> You just have to increase the numbers further.
>
> I understand that Gross Anthropogenic Carbon Emissions are about 10 Billion
> tons of Carbon per year and that Agriculture is responsible for about 8
> Billion tons of Carbon consumption per year.
> So net anthropogenic carbon emissions are 2 Billion tons per year of Carbon.
>
> You have mentioned 70% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030, is this on
> Gross ( 10 Billion tons ) or on Net ( 2 Billion tons ).
>
> If the problem is only the net emissions - 2 Billion tons per year, a 10 %
> increase in Diatom production per year may be adequate to solve the problem,
> since natural diatom growth is estimated to be about 23 Billion tons of
> carbon consumed per year.
>
> Regards
>
> Bhaskar
>
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 3:03 AM, John Nissen <johnnissen2...@gmail.com
> <mailto:johnnissen2...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hi Bhaskar and everyone,
>
> <Snip>
>
>
>
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