Re: [geo] Re: BP geologist says peak oil is here

2013-12-24 Thread Keith Henson
Biochar can be defended on the basis of it being good for the soil, and it certainly does not hurt the CO2 problem. But if you want to defend biofuels, then you should do it on economics, and on that, I don't think it can be done. Always willing to look at the numbers, but have never seen an anal

Re: [geo] Re: BP geologist says peak oil is here

2013-12-23 Thread Ronal W. Larson
Keith: Glad you are supportive of biochar. But I have to also defend biofuels - as they can come at little added cost if you want to make charcoal (or vice versa - char production can follow biofuels). Also I think you are gong to have a very hard time convincing many on this list tha

[geo] Re: BP geologist says peak oil is here

2013-12-23 Thread Ronal W. Larson
List: 1.A friend just sent me this on peak oil: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2013/dec/23/british-petroleum-geologist-peak-oil-break-economy-recession/print which leads one to a no-fee introductory article, with an oblique relationship to geoengineering, at: