Dear Dr Marcott,
I am fascinated by your research on the Heinrich events [1]. It was a
hot topic at the EGU meeting in Vienna, when I was presenting a paper on
the role of Arctic sea ice in regulating the temperature of the planet.
I had focussed on the warming period of past 20 kyrs (i.e.
Thanks, Dave. Roger that. Full environmental cost/benefit accounting (and
sustainability) for biomass is trickier than the current market euphoria
would suggest. Abiotic carbon mitigation must also be considered, esp since
this is the way nature will otherwise consume nearly all of our excess
Folks interested in biomass cofiring of power plants might want to watch
this little YouTube video we produce of Dale Simbeck speaking on this issue.
*Biomass blended with coal: Dale Simbeck speaks to Near Zero*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCnYcSC0PZM
While I am sending out YouTube links, you
Ken, List etal:
I enjoyed the short video. Thanks to Ken for alerting us. I recommend looking
at four others by Near Zero with Mr/Dr. Simbeck- that also have some relation
to geoengineering. Here are more thoughts (on all five videos), with advance
apologies for turning the dialog to Biochar,
