I'm just as curious about the soil fertility benefits, which is what I'm not finding too many "gotchas" for and what I think makes this sound like a worthwhile investment. The water quality (ground and surface) aspect is interesting too, especially being in a state that is responsible for much of the nutrient runoff that's caused the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone. It's almost like biochar is some kind of super-liming material.
Ultimately, though, what matters is if it's economic for farms to use it. If so, there will be a market for it and it will probably be used, if not, then it's unlikely that it will be used much. (Barring any governmental involvement, of course) -Jason On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 7:53 PM, James Annan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Dec 7, 8:48 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> (New topic to avoid derailing the biofuels thread completely) >> >> >Organic soil enrichment sounds like a job for biochar: >> >http://www.biochar-international.org/ >> >-dl >> >> I was wondering if anyone had any more information about biochar. It >> certainly seems like a win-win-win-win... > > Well I'm pleased to say that this group is now a sufficiently useful > resource that previous messages are worth looking at, eg: > > <http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange/search? > group=globalchange&q=biochar&qt_g=Search+this+group> > > I remain a little dubious about the practical and economic aspects of > effectively making new coal and putting it back in the ground to > offset the coal we are digging up. Of course there are transport and > location issues, but we could just burn the biofuel completely and use > that energy... > > James > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
