Comments on: Bio-char: a Carbon Negative Way to Improve our Food Supply http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/02/22/bio-char-a-carbon-negative-way-to-improve-our-food-supply/ Patriotism that loves our country, our land, and our planet Wed, 23 May 2012 01:08:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: new_biochar_land http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/02/22/bio-char-a-carbon-negative-way-to-improve-our-food-supply/comment-page-1/#comment-172877 new_biochar_land Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:20:08 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=2603#comment-172877 The world is a great place, but it is falling apart and we all are responsable for this. Be responsable now and try to make it better. Biochar, one of the newest option can contribuate to atmospheric CO2 reduction. Find out more: http://www.biochar-books.com The Biochar Revolution is exactly what it says ! The world is a great place, but it is falling apart and we all are responsable for this. Be responsable now and try to make it better.
Biochar, one of the newest option can contribuate to atmospheric CO2 reduction. Find out more:
http://www.biochar-books.com
The Biochar Revolution is exactly what it says !

]]> By: Erich J. Knight http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/02/22/bio-char-a-carbon-negative-way-to-improve-our-food-supply/comment-page-1/#comment-92421 Erich J. Knight Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:55:06 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=2603#comment-92421 Soil Carbon Commandments: 1) Thou shalt not have any other Molecule before Me 2) Thou shall not make wrongful use of the name of Biochar, It will not acquit anyone who mis-charactorizes it's name 3) Observe the Fallow days and keep them, as Sustainability commands thou 4) Honor your Micro Flora & Fauna , as the Soil Carbon commands you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that High Soil Carbon has given you. 5) Thou shall not murder the Soil Food Web 6) Neither shall thou adulterate the Soils with Toxicity 7) Neither shall thou steal Biomass from the Soil Food Web 8) Neither shall thou bear false witness against your neighbors Biochar, or about Thy own 9) Neither shall thou covet your neighbor's Fertility 10) Neither shall thou desire your neighbor's house, or field, or Pyrolysis Reactor, or farm implements, or anything that belongs to your neighbor, as thou may Create thy Own Soil Carbon Dream I have a dream that one day we live in a nation where progress will not be judged by the production yields of our fields, but by the color of their soils and by the Carbon content of their character. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day, a suite of earth sensing satellites will level the playing field, giving every farmer a full account of carbon he sequesters. That Soil Carbon is given as the final arbiter, the common currency, accountant and Judge of Stewardship on our lands. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made forest, the rough soils will be made fertile, and the crooked Carbon Marketeers will be made straight, and the glory of Soil Sequestration shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see a Mutually assured Sustainability. This is our hope. My apologies to Dr. King, but I think he would understand my passion Erich Soil Carbon Commandments:

1) Thou shalt not have any other Molecule before Me

2) Thou shall not make wrongful use of the name of Biochar, It will not acquit anyone who mis-charactorizes it's name

3) Observe the Fallow days and keep them, as Sustainability commands thou

4) Honor your Micro Flora & Fauna , as the Soil Carbon commands you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that High Soil Carbon has given you.

5) Thou shall not murder the Soil Food Web

6) Neither shall thou adulterate the Soils with Toxicity

7) Neither shall thou steal Biomass from the Soil Food Web

8) Neither shall thou bear false witness against your neighbors Biochar, or about Thy own

9) Neither shall thou covet your neighbor's Fertility

10) Neither shall thou desire your neighbor's house, or field, or Pyrolysis Reactor, or farm implements, or anything that belongs to your neighbor, as thou may Create thy Own

Soil Carbon Dream

I have a dream that one day we live in a nation where progress will not be judged by the production yields of our fields, but by the color of their soils and by the Carbon content of their character.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day, a suite of earth sensing satellites will level the playing field, giving every farmer a full account of carbon he sequesters. That Soil Carbon is given as the final arbiter, the common currency, accountant and Judge of Stewardship on our lands.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made forest, the rough soils will be made fertile, and the crooked Carbon Marketeers will be made straight, and the glory of Soil Sequestration shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see a Mutually assured Sustainability.

This is our hope.

My apologies to Dr. King, but I think he would understand my passion

Erich

]]> By: carl http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/02/22/bio-char-a-carbon-negative-way-to-improve-our-food-supply/comment-page-1/#comment-77426 carl Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:38:21 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=2603#comment-77426 HI, I live in Darwin Australia which is in the southern hemispheres sub-tropical zone. The soils here are very impoverished due to heavy wet season rain fall. In urban areas we produce huge amounts of green waste, mainly due to a 1980s trend to plant exiotic and local palm trees on every block. This waste is currenlty put into land fill or turned into partially composted mulch and sold back to house holders for 20-30 aussie dollars per cubic metre. It is very popular and would probably be suitable to create Bio-char.Problem is there is very little will in Australia to really do anything and we have a three tiered government system which is fairly disfunctionnal ... heres praying that our children maybe more enlighted then us and some countries may have the will to take real action on climate change.. HI, I live in Darwin Australia which is in the southern hemispheres sub-tropical zone. The soils here are very impoverished due to heavy wet season rain fall. In urban areas we produce huge amounts of green waste, mainly due to a 1980s trend to plant exiotic and local palm trees on every block. This waste is currenlty put into land fill or turned into partially composted mulch and sold back to house holders for 20-30 aussie dollars per cubic metre. It is very popular and would probably be suitable to create Bio-char.Problem is there is very little will in Australia to really do anything and we have a three tiered government system which is fairly disfunctionnal … heres praying that our children maybe more enlighted then us and some countries may have the will to take real action on climate change..

]]> By: russ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/02/22/bio-char-a-carbon-negative-way-to-improve-our-food-supply/comment-page-1/#comment-38744 russ Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:54:52 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=2603#comment-38744 The problem with biochar is that plant biomass contains little carbon. Most plants are 50% or more water and only 25% carbon. Think of a forest as holding about 100 tonnes of carbon per hectare (2.5 acres). A hay feld contains about 1 tonne of carbon per hectare. So if one wants to store CO2e as biochar one has to burn one hectare of hay to obtain one ton of carbon or 3.6 tonnes CO2e. Of course the efficiency of burning plants to biochar is not 100% efficient but perhaps under ideal circumstances 50% efficient. So when making biochar one emits as much CO2 in making it as one stores. Big burning piles of plant biomass like that pictured in the story offer no help for the climate but perhaps help the soil. The problem with biochar is that plant biomass contains little carbon. Most plants are 50% or more water and only 25% carbon. Think of a forest as holding about 100 tonnes of carbon per hectare (2.5 acres). A hay feld contains about 1 tonne of carbon per hectare. So if one wants to store CO2e as biochar one has to burn one hectare of hay to obtain one ton of carbon or 3.6 tonnes CO2e. Of course the efficiency of burning plants to biochar is not 100% efficient but perhaps under ideal circumstances 50% efficient. So when making biochar one emits as much CO2 in making it as one stores. Big burning piles of plant biomass like that pictured in the story offer no help for the climate but perhaps help the soil.

]]> By: Kay Sexton http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/02/22/bio-char-a-carbon-negative-way-to-improve-our-food-supply/comment-page-1/#comment-35823 Kay Sexton Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:45:42 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=2603#comment-35823 The problem with land-fill cellulose is the separation costs, which make it prohibitive if mixed rubbish collection is used (called comingling) but there is no essential additional waste cost to crop usage in most parts of the world. Essentially the system would be self-sufficient, as organic farms are supposed to be, with each farm or agricultural collective using its own pyrolisis unit to produce bio-char. The capital cost is about equivalent to producing silage in the UK. Silage is a high-moisture fodder that can be fed to ruminants and is similar to the balage systems used in the USA. We don't have any reliable figures on sequestration yet, because the first research projects haven't finished measuring the bio-char breakdown in various circumstances. The problem with land-fill cellulose is the separation costs, which make it prohibitive if mixed rubbish collection is used (called comingling) but there is no essential additional waste cost to crop usage in most parts of the world.

Essentially the system would be self-sufficient, as organic farms are supposed to be, with each farm or agricultural collective using its own pyrolisis unit to produce bio-char. The capital cost is about equivalent to producing silage in the UK. Silage is a high-moisture fodder that can be fed to ruminants and is similar to the balage systems used in the USA.

We don’t have any reliable figures on sequestration yet, because the first research projects haven’t finished measuring the bio-char breakdown in various circumstances.

]]> By: Bob http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/02/22/bio-char-a-carbon-negative-way-to-improve-our-food-supply/comment-page-1/#comment-35768 Bob Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:34:12 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=2603#comment-35768 I loved this article. Of course it didn't have the important details like cost and global impact if all crop waste and land fill cellulose could be used to provide energy and carbon for farming. How much carbon would be stored? But the combination of pyrolisis and carbon storage is fantastic! I loved this article. Of course it didn't have the important details like cost and global impact if all crop waste and land fill cellulose could be used to provide energy and carbon for farming.

How much carbon would be stored?

But the combination of pyrolisis and carbon storage is fantastic!

]]> By: Kay Sexton http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/02/22/bio-char-a-carbon-negative-way-to-improve-our-food-supply/comment-page-1/#comment-34405 Kay Sexton Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:11:01 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=2603#comment-34405 Fantastic, Erich - I love this! Fantastic, Erich – I love this!

]]> By: Erich J. Knight http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/02/22/bio-char-a-carbon-negative-way-to-improve-our-food-supply/comment-page-1/#comment-34126 Erich J. Knight Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:30:18 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=2603#comment-34126 The Terra Preta Prayer Our Carbon who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name By kingdom come, thy will be done, IN the Earth to make it Heaven. It will give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our atmospheric trespasses As we forgive those who trespass against soil carbon in the Kyoto protocols And lead us not into fossil fuel temptation, but diliver us from it's evil low as we walk through the valley of the shadow of Global Warming, I will feel no evil, your Bio-fuels and fertile microbes will comfort me, For thine is the fungal kingdom, and the microbe power, and the Sequestration Glory, For ever and ever (well at least 2000 years) AMEN The Terra Preta Prayer

Our Carbon who art in heaven,

Hallowed be thy name

By kingdom come, thy will be done, IN the Earth to make it Heaven.

It will give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our atmospheric trespasses

As we forgive those who trespass against soil carbon in the Kyoto protocols

And lead us not into fossil fuel temptation, but diliver us from it's evil

low as we walk through the valley of the shadow of Global Warming,

I will feel no evil, your Bio-fuels and fertile microbes will comfort me,

For thine is the fungal kingdom,

and the microbe power,

and the Sequestration Glory,

For ever and ever (well at least 2000 years)

AMEN

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