James Lovelock the creator of the Gaia Theory writes in his latest book that the only way to stop climate change is to turn all of our farm waste into biochar (something along those lines). Personally I’m not quite sure I’d call it the only solution. Still I like burning things and if it makes a difference in regenerating the environment – why not?
What do you guys think?
One aspect of note:
A little CO2 is released but the bulk of it gets converted to carbon. You get a few per cent of biofuel as a by-product of the combustion process, which the farmer can sell. This scheme would need no subsidy: the farmer would make a profit.
From my biochar reading so far, some biofuel is created. Not quite sure how much and if it’s enough to make a profit off of. I do recall someone had created a technology at UWO that created the biochar and the biofuel as a bonus.
For the original post, look below.
For more information check out:
Canadian Biochar Initiative.
http://biochar.ca/
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1404717
International Biochar Initiative
http://www.biochar-international.org/aboutbiochar/articlesonchar.html
Charcoalab
http://charcoalab.org/
The Original Post via Boing Boing
James Lovelock and climate change – Boing Boing: “Pioneering environmentalist and author James Lovelock, most famous for proposing the Gaia hypothesis that the Earth is a giant superorganism, is publishing a new book, titled The Vanishing Face of Gaia. It’s about… you guessed it… climate change. This year, Lovelock turns 90 and will take his first trip into space. New Scientist had a chat with him about what he considers to be our last chance to deal with climate change.
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