tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859007729102115848.post7449456400100292628..comments2019-02-20T14:57:34.591+01:00Comments on Folke Günther´s blog: The carbon numbers IIFolkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09825915840370879746noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859007729102115848.post-54680145555018199832008-03-06T09:38:00.000+01:002008-03-06T09:38:00.000+01:00I have to ask you read the discussion from the beg...I have to ask you read the discussion from the beginning. (That is a problem, when they are published from bottom up)<BR/>First, the amount of excess carbon in the atmosphere is currently <B>220 </B> Gt, counted from the current co2 level. The higher number (475) is what is released during industrialization.<BR/>he interesting thing is that charring is pretty easy. We have good and widespread knowledge of it. Furthermore, char in the soil is very good for the soil.<BR/>The problem is how to make people do it on a large scale. That is why I talk about a 'negative carbon dioxide tax' paid to the sequesterer, which would open a new, an hopefully more universally beneficial, Klondike.<BR/>Someting for the US citizens?Folkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825915840370879746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859007729102115848.post-552251667432627412008-03-06T02:45:00.000+01:002008-03-06T02:45:00.000+01:00Jumping into the middle of a conversation is very ...Jumping into the middle of a conversation is very difficult. The net impression that a casual observer should take from this post is that we all have to work very hard to get all unnecessary carbon recovered in the form of biochar. <BR/><BR/>The math to get from 955GT of excess atmospheric C to the probable annual potential sequestration of 2GT needs to be more clearly presented if you want others to be able to follow.<BR/><BR/>However, the facilities for charing organic waste are pretty rare. So, no matter what the number turns out to be we have a Herculean task ahead of us. The question that is next in line is what steps are needed to get as many people doing the right thing as possible. Should we be developing small heating/generating systems that use easily collected residues to make electricity and heat and finally biochar which the person spreads on fields near home? Or do you envision large industrial complexes where this is done?<BR/><BR/>I have yet to meet any person in the US that is willing to begin to think about such an effort. When trying to compare the effort needed to accomplish the above with the accomplishments of recent military efforts, I would rather see the effort remain with small distributed producers rather than large centralized systems.<BR/><BR/>I think that your recent work has been very helpful. Thankyou.<BR/>Alan PageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com