Re: [geo] Re: Vatican Report

2011-05-09 Thread Ken Caldeira
- From: Josh Horton joshuahorton...@gmail.com To: geoengineering geoengineering@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 8, 2011 7:35:03 AM Subject: [geo] Re: Vatican Report Ron, Note the following on p. 4: Nations should also avoid removal of carbon sinks by stopping deforestation, and should

Re: [geo] Re: Vatican Report

2011-05-09 Thread Joshua Horton
: Sunday, May 8, 2011 7:35:03 AM Subject: [geo] Re: Vatican Report Ron, Note the following on p. 4: Nations should also avoid removal of carbon sinks by stopping deforestation, and should strengthen carbon sinks by reforestation of degraded lands. They also need to develop and deploy technologies

Re: [geo] Re: Vatican Report

2011-05-09 Thread Ron Larson
geoengineering@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 8, 2011 7:35:03 AM Subject: [geo] Re: Vatican Report Ron, Note the following on p. 4: Nations should also avoid removal of carbon sinks by stopping deforestation, and should strengthen carbon sinks by reforestation of degraded lands. They also need

Re: [geo] Re: Vatican Report

2011-05-09 Thread Ron Larson
- Original Message - From: Josh Horton joshuahorton...@gmail.com To: geoengineering geoengineering@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 8, 2011 7:35:03 AM Subject: [geo] Re: Vatican Report Ron, Note the following on p. 4: Nations should also avoid removal of carbon sinks by stopping

Re: [geo] Re: Vatican Report

2011-05-09 Thread Rau, Greg
Sent: Sunday, May 8, 2011 7:35:03 AM Subject: [geo] Re: Vatican Report Ron, Note the following on p. 4: Nations should also avoid removal of carbon sinks by stopping deforestation, and should strengthen carbon sinks by reforestation of degraded lands. They also need to develop and deploy technologies

Re: [geo] Re: Vatican Report

2011-05-09 Thread rongretlarson
: Vatican Report Re: [geo] Re: Vatican Report Unclear on the statement “only Biochar ...provides rather than requires energy...” Unless I’m missing something biochar requires massive solar energy input, meaning massive land (and/or ocean?) area management, and probably water and nutrient

Re: [geo] Re: Vatican Report

2011-05-09 Thread rongretlarson
, James Hansen jhan...@giss.nasa.gov, James Hansen jimehan...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, May 9, 2011 1:00:20 PM Subject: Re: [geo] Re: Vatican Report Re: [geo] Re: Vatican Report What I’m saying is that to my knowledge there is no free lunch with respect accelerating the earth’s natural CDR

Re: [geo] Re: Vatican Report

2011-05-09 Thread Michael Hayes
I would like to offer two suggestion. There is growing use of Biochar in china at the consumer level through this type of product. http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/singfieldgas Close evaluation of that trend may prove insightful to the Biochar issue. Please note that this type of reactor

[geo] Re: Vatican Report

2011-05-08 Thread Josh Horton
Ron, Note the following on p. 4: Nations should also avoid removal of carbon sinks by stopping deforestation, and should strengthen carbon sinks by reforestation of degraded lands. They also need to develop and deploy technologies that draw down excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. I would

Re: [geo] Re: Vatican Report

2011-05-08 Thread rongretlarson
, 2011 7:35:03 AM Subject: [geo] Re: Vatican Report Ron, Note the following on p. 4: Nations should also avoid removal of carbon sinks by stopping deforestation, and should strengthen carbon sinks by reforestation of degraded lands. They also need to develop and deploy technologies that draw