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[davidgmills]

Taildragerdriver:

I realize there has to be a benefit (really a huge benefit to farmers) before they will charcoal the ground. I sincerely hope the benefit to farmers is obvious and emerges very quickly.

For suburbia it is different. I need a different pitch so the global warming angle along with healty yards and gardens is the pitch I use.

But since I suck at gardening and am getting too damn old for yardwork, for me terra preta is my way of helping the earth. For me, buying a few bags of lump charcoal and putting them in my gardens is not a significant expense. And I hope it will reduce the need for fertilizers.

I wish they had a solution for weeds. Unfortunately, they won't just allow us to let our lawns go natural. Hell, I got a neighborhood fine last year for failing to trim my bushes!

I see no reazon though that farmers shouldn't terra preta for agricultural purposes and suburbanites and urbanites have to terra preta for global warming reasons.

Of course today, I had a discussion about global warming winners and losers. There will no doubt be global warming winners as well as losers. It will be hard politically to get those who win with global warming to get on board.