Re: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-23 Thread rongretlarson
: geoengineering@googlegroups.com, marty hoffert marty.hoff...@nyu.edu, andrew lockley andrew.lock...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 10:22:01 PM Subject: RE: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC Sorry, premature send again…. “ Finally

RE: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-21 Thread Stuart Strand
...@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 3:14 PM To: Stuart Strand Cc: geoengineering@googlegroups.com; marty hoffert; andrew lockley Subject: Re: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC Stuart etal: Thanks for your response and apologies

RE: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-21 Thread Stuart Strand
Sorry, premature send again…. “Finally, I goofed in stating…” should be: I goofed in stating a saturation level for biochar of 50 kg/ha. Mea culpa, I meant 50 Mg biochar C/ha (only off by 1000x!). My reference for this rate is Chan et al., Australian Jour. Soil Research 2007, 45:629. I

RE: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-17 Thread Stuart Strand
Group; James Rhodes; Bob Williams; Charlie Forsberg Subject: Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC Dear all: I have been following the biomass discussion with interest. I like Stuart Strands' list, but something seems to be left out. The problem

Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-17 Thread John Nissen
t/episode.cfm?id=can-charcoal-slow-climate-change-an-10-08-08 --- Stuart Strand wrote: Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC Thanks Bill. Bill, I will try to follow-up on these interesting proposed methods to inject energy and

Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-17 Thread John Nissen
e/mg20727781.600-think-or-swim-can-we-hold-back-the-oceans.html?full=true [4] http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=can-charcoal-slow-climate-change-an-10-08-08 --- Stuart Strand wrote: Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-1

Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-16 Thread Andrew Lockley
Hoffert *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 6:11 AM *To:* ke...@ucalgary.ca *Cc:* z...@atmos.umd.edu; geoengineering@googlegroups.com; James Rhodes *Subject:* Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC I agree with David that whether to bury or to burn

Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-16 Thread John Nissen
sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC   I agree with David that whether to bury or to burn depends on details like whether you can burn the biomass AND bury its CO2, and whether you are looking at methane or coal as the alternate fuel

Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-16 Thread Gregory Benford
...@atmos.umd.edu; geoengineering@googlegroups.com; James Rhodes *Subject:* RE: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC The problem with using terrestrial biomass residues to combat CO2 accumulation is that there is a limited supply that is available for human use

RE: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-16 Thread Stuart Strand
; geoengineering@googlegroups.commailto:geoengineering@googlegroups.com; James Rhodes Subject: Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC On Sep 16, 2010, at 11:38 AM, David Keith wrote: while cofiring biomass in coal-fired power plants without capture does not rank

Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-16 Thread William Fulkerson
@googlegroups.com; James Rhodes Subject: Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC I agree with David that whether to bury or to burn depends on details like whether you can burn the biomass AND bury its CO2, and whether you are looking at methane or coal

Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-15 Thread Marty Hoffert
Subject: Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC Dear Andrew and all: The question of bury or burn is an important one that is far from resolved. One point emphasized by several people involved in implementing climate mitigation strategies

RE: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-15 Thread David Keith
: Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC I agree with David that whether to bury or to burn depends on details like whether you can burn the biomass AND bury its CO2, and whether you are looking at methane or coal as the alternate fuel for generating

Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-15 Thread Andrew Lockley
...@atmos.umd.edu; geoengineering@googlegroups.com; James Rhodes *Subject:* Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC I agree with David that whether to bury or to burn depends on details like whether you can burn the biomass AND bury its CO2, and whether

Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-15 Thread rongretlarson
: geoengineering@googlegroups.com Enviadas: Quarta-feira, 15 de Setembro de 2010 12:36:58 Assunto: Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC Regardless of the debate about carbon efficiencies, there are of course further dimensions to the issue of crop waste. The waste

RE: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-15 Thread Stuart Strand
sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC I agree with David that whether to bury or to burn depends on details like whether you can burn the biomass AND bury its CO2, and whether you are looking at methane or coal as the alternate fuel for generating electricity. A big problem

RE: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-15 Thread Stuart Strand
: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC Andrew, Marty etal: There is a third Biomass option - Biochar. Besides sequestration and energy, there is soil augmentation income. - with (potentially) large increases in soil productivity (and food

RE: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-14 Thread David Keith
] On Behalf Of Ning Zeng Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 6:40 AM To: geoengineering Subject: Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC Dear Andrew and all: The question of bury or burn is an important one that is far from resolved. One point emphasized by several

Re: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-13 Thread rongretlarson
10, 2010 2:21 PM To: agask...@nc.rr.com Cc: geoengineering Subject: Re: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC Isn't the main problem with CROPS that you're burying something which is flammable, at the same time that similar flammable materials

Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-13 Thread Ning Zeng
Dear Andrew and all: The question of bury or burn is an important one that is far from resolved. One point emphasized by several people involved in implementing climate mitigation strategies at the Heinz Center workshop last week is that in general, there are many other competitions with biomass

Re: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-11 Thread Andrew Lockley
Hi I'm aware of the limitations of crop waste as a fuel, but there are already moves afoot to engineer processes which convert poor quality biomass to high quality fuels. For one example of a solution to the 30pc problem, see

RE: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-11 Thread Stuart Strand
[mailto:agask...@nc.rr.com] Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 12:10 PM To: Stuart Strand; z...@atmos.umd.edu; geoengineering; climateintervent...@googlegroups.com Cc: xbenf...@aol.com Subject: Re: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC I think

Re: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-11 Thread Alvia Gaskill
geoengineering@googlegroups.com; climateintervent...@googlegroups.com Cc: xbenf...@aol.com Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 3:48 Subject: RE: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC Thanks, Alvia, for pointing this out. On second examination of the paper, I

RE: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-10 Thread Stuart Strand
After our publication it was pointed out to me that the ventilation rate of the Gulf of Mexico is such that the half life of water there is about 250 years. One of the major advantages of CROPS over terrestrial burial options is that the biomass carbon separated from the atmosphere by the

Re: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-10 Thread Alvia Gaskill
To: agask...@nc.rr.com; z...@atmos.umd.edu; geoengineering geoengineering@googlegroups.com; climateintervent...@googlegroups.com Cc: xbenf...@aol.com Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 12:50 Subject: RE: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC After

Re: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-10 Thread Alvia Gaskill
...@nc.rr.com Cc: geoengineering Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 5:20 Subject: Re: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC Isn't the main problem with CROPS that you're burying something which is flammable, at the same time that similar

RE: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-10 Thread Stuart Strand
12:50 Subject: RE: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC After our publication it was pointed out to me that the ventilation rate of the Gulf of Mexico is... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-10 Thread Gregory Benford
geoengineering@googlegroups.com; climateintervent...@googlegroups.com Cc: xbenf...@aol.com Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 12:50 Subject: RE: [clim] Re: [geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC After our publication it was pointed out to me that the ventilation

[geo] Carbon sequestration workshop Sep 9-10, Heinz Center, Washington DC

2010-09-08 Thread Ning Zeng
If you happen to be in the Washington DC area on Sep 9-10, i.e., tomorrow (apology for the late message!), you are welcome to join a small workshop that aims at critically assessing the feasibility of the emerging concept 'carbon sequestration via wood burial and storage'. Details are below. Best