Gideon. (Cc “Geo” list)
Thanks for the suggestion.
I looked all over their web site and found no way to send in a
suggestion. Not a single individual’s name could be found.
I like the idea of writing them, so am hoping you or other “Geo” list
members can suggest an address.
Ron
> On Sep 2, 2019, at 3:20 PM, <[email protected]>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Ron,
> This draft is in public consultation period, so I would recommend you sending
> your critiscm to the authors of the report (on the GND for Europe website) a
> sthe may edit some bits if criticed
> Best wishes
>
>
> Gideon Futerman
> President of Worldward
> <Mail Attachment.jpeg>
>
>
> Em 2 de setembro de 2019, 16:57 Hora de verão Britânica, Ronal Larson
> <[email protected]> escreveu:
> Andrew and list:
>
> Thanks for the lead.
>
> The comparable portion for biochar states (P 64)
>
> " BIOCHAR
> A method of converting biomass into charcoal and mixing this into the soil to
> store the burnt carbon.
>
> But field trials showed that biochar-treated soils were less effective in
> sequestering carbon than untreated soils: the added carbon stimulates
> microbes to release more CO2.
>
> Claims that addition of biochar enhances agricultural productivity has not
> been consistently demonstrated.
>
>
> No citations. I conclude this biochar part of the paper received no serious
> attention.
>
> Sentence 1 is OK, but char-ists would never use the term “burnt carbon”;
> there is also a growing literature on using charcoal as an additive in
> concrete, asphalt, etc - not only soil placement.
>
>
> Sentence 2 refers to a soil phenomenon called “priming”. This
> Google-available paper "Positive and negative carbon mineralization priming
> effects among a variety of biochar-amended soils “ by Andrew R. Zimmerman,
> Bin Gao,and Mi-Youn Ahn
> has this as its final sentence of the abstract:
> "The data strongly suggests, however, that over the long term, biochar - soil
> interaction will enhance soil C storage via the processes of OM sorption to
> biochar and physical protection. “.
>
>
> Sentence 3’ s key phrase is: "…not been consistently..”. True - there are
> negative result outliers (that can be easily caught by testing). But the
> vast majority of biochar outcomes have been and continue to be positive. We
> are seeing more than 200 technical publications per month on biochar - mostly
> favorable.
> After millennia, the Terra Preta soils of the Amazon are valued at triple or
> more the economic value of nearby non-biochar soils- because of triple or
> more productivity. If positive timing is occurring, its impact is negligible.
>
>
> There may be value in this report, but I’m not going to investigate it
> further - based on this biochar example. I am still favorable to the GND
> (Green New Deal) concept. Biochar can be a key part of making it work.
>
> Ron
>
>
> On Sep 2, 2019, at 2:54 AM, Andrew Lockley <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> <GNDE-A-Blueprint-for-Europes-Just-Transition.pdf>
>
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