Re: [geo] Biofuel watch Science/Policy Review.

2011-08-16 Thread prokaryotes
Biofuelwatch claims a lot, but their agenda is not reality and overlooks novel findings from recent science. For instance a recent nature study finds: Sustainable biochar to mitigate global climate change we estimate the maximum sustainable technical potential of biochar to mitigate climate

Re: [geo] Biofuel watch Science/Policy Review.

2011-08-10 Thread rongretlarson
...@yahoogroups.com, Oliver Tickell oliver.tick...@kyoto2.org Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 5:36:30 AM Subject: Re: [geo] Biofuel watch Science/Policy Review. Hi Ron, Thanks for your work on dispelling the myths created by the biofuelwatch people. I put them into the same category as the ETC group

Re: [biochar-policy] Re: [geo] Biofuel watch Science/Policy Review.

2011-08-10 Thread rongretlarson
-policy] Re: [geo] Biofuel watch Science/Policy Review. Hi Ron, Thanks for your comments. I'm particularly interested in CO2 is a sign of a healthy soil. [RWL: I was recently greatly surprised to hear that the CO2 content in all soils is much higher than the atmosphere's reported 390 ppm

Re: [geo] Biofuel watch Science/Policy Review.

2011-07-31 Thread rongretlarson
] Biofuel watch Science/Policy Review. I understand John Nissen, and maybe others, have strong opinions on this document. A http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/docs/Biochar-%20A%20Critical%20Review%20of%20Science%20and%20Policy%20June2011.pdf Introduction As we face catastrophic impacts of climate