how can we produce biochar locally? given county prohibitions about open burning -
I'd like to learn more about this promising way to bring the Earth's soils back to high productivity, essential given growing food shortages ??? --- On Sun, 9/21/08, Ryan Hottle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Ryan Hottle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [SustainableTompkins] Dr. James Hansen and Others Endorse Biochar as > Vital Solution to Climate Change > To: > Date: Sunday, September 21, 2008, 2:24 PM > Dear Climate Solution Thinkers: > Read the latest endorsements of Carbon Negative Energy from > Biochar > Production at www.GlobalClimateSolutions.org including Dr. > James Hansen who > has recently stated that: > > "Carbon sequestration in soil also has significant > potential. Biochar, > produced in pyrolysis of residues from crops, forestry, and > animal wastes, > can be used to restore soil fertility while storing carbon > for centuries to > millennia. Biochar helps soil retain nutrients and > fertilizers, reducing > emissions of GHGs such as N2O. Replacing slash-and-burn > agriculture with > slash-and-char and use of agricultural and forestry wastes > for biochar > production could provide a CO2 drawdown of ~8 ppm or more > in half a > century." > > As always, we're looking for serious sustainable > solutions to climate > change. If you would like to submit a piece please visit > our website for > instructions. > > What we choose to do--or not to do--will make all the > difference. Be > determined to work together and to win! > > Respectfully, > Ryan D. Hottle > > -- > GLOBAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS > > www.GlobalClimateSolutions.org > serious, sustainable solutions to climate change including > carbon-negative > energy > > submit your ideas and articles on-line at: > www.GlobalClimateSolutions.org > _______________________________________________ > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins > County area, please visit: > http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
