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This is both my point and not...
As you read through post after post here on char...you find that the char is not being used to rehabilitate desert or marginal soils necessarily...nor is it being fed to the soil as a solo additive but is as often as not mixed with various compost mixes etc. creating homes for bio-load (bacteria which decomposes goodies in the soil releasing co2 and or methane as a by-product.). As a fish-keeper I understand the balance of co2 and bio-load, Maintaining the balance in a tank is necessary because fish like to breath rather than warming issues but it does lend insight into how these things are interconnected.

Basically my point is that we may be eagerly rushing to char as a curative a little prematurely and it seems our lack of the complete picture may come back to bite us in the bottom if we over do it. We may find it is counter productive using a pound when an ounce is all the soil can stand...Of course I find most methods for producing char questionable at best as to how much benefit for the additional co2 released in the process as well....but that's probably another thread.