Comments on: The carbon cycle: global warming explained http://www.allconsidering.com/2009/carbon-cycle-global-warming/ Considering life, spiritual growth and more ponderings Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:34:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Katinka - Spirituality http://www.allconsidering.com/2009/carbon-cycle-global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-2492 Katinka - Spirituality Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:29:07 +0000 http://www.allconsidering.com/?p=787#comment-2492 I wasn't but see biochar is a form of locking carbon into the soil by smoldering biomass. In the process, somehow, carbon from the air is contained IN the resulting charcoal. According to wikipedia the process produces more energy than put in - which is certainly a first as far as I know and therefor worth investing energy into. However, I'd personally like the simple solution of planting trees in dry regions in say Africa, India and China. You know: that would help the local climate as well as the world wide climate as well as helping retain a reasonable ecosystem. The primary problem here is, after all, industrialization and intensive farming. I'm mentioning the second because I've recently read we're running out on phosphate, which is the primary nutrient used to make poor soils rich enough for farming. Running out on that means running out on food for the growing human population. On several levels we are, or are going to be, in deep trouble with food supply. Fish are being harvested at a rate nature can't replenish. Oil is a finite resource and now phosphate is on the list of resources we're going to have to worry about. I do hope all such issues are going to come high on political agendas everywhere. This requires a global solution and one that we ALL need to get behind. I wasn’t but see biochar is a form of locking carbon into the soil by smoldering biomass. In the process, somehow, carbon from the air is contained IN the resulting charcoal. According to wikipedia the process produces more energy than put in – which is certainly a first as far as I know and therefor worth investing energy into.

However, I’d personally like the simple solution of planting trees in dry regions in say Africa, India and China. You know: that would help the local climate as well as the world wide climate as well as helping retain a reasonable ecosystem.

The primary problem here is, after all, industrialization and intensive farming.

I’m mentioning the second because I’ve recently read we’re running out on phosphate, which is the primary nutrient used to make poor soils rich enough for farming. Running out on that means running out on food for the growing human population. On several levels we are, or are going to be, in deep trouble with food supply. Fish are being harvested at a rate nature can’t replenish. Oil is a finite resource and now phosphate is on the list of resources we’re going to have to worry about.

I do hope all such issues are going to come high on political agendas everywhere. This requires a global solution and one that we ALL need to get behind.

]]> By: Dan Patrick http://www.allconsidering.com/2009/carbon-cycle-global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-2482 Dan Patrick Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:12:43 +0000 http://www.allconsidering.com/?p=787#comment-2482 Enjoyed the global warming recap. I already "believe in" the science behind it, but it's helpful to get a refresher. Are you familiar with biochar? Enjoyed the global warming recap. I already “believe in” the science behind it, but it’s helpful to get a refresher.

Are you familiar with biochar?

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