The main thing the financial melt-down has taught us is the illusion of sustainable returns on capital of more than 10%.
Only ongoing, break through, technological invention or the exponential growth of biologic systems (Farming) can return double digits sustainably.
This is what I try to get across to Farmers, as to how I feel about the act of returning carbon to the soil. An act of pertinence and thankfulness for the civilization we have created. Farmers are the Soil Sink Bankers, once carbon has a price, they will be laughing all the way to it. The new cultural heroes, operating a Carbon banking system that
Pays Food Interest,
Insures dividends in Air, Land & Sea
and (with char) no one can start a run on this bank.
The Soil Carbon Sequestration Standard Committee next week will be testifying on climate to congress,
Give them your support; Soil Bug your representatives!
Scholarly articles for Soil Carbon Sequestration Standard Committee
Change in soil carbon following afforestation - Paul - Cited by 164
Management options for reducing CO2-concentrations in ... - Batjes - Cited by 62
The potential of US cropland to sequester carbon and ... - Lal - Cited by 522
Soil Carbon Sequestration Standard Committee - Google Search
Also ,
I would like Rebut the BioFuelWatch folk's recent criticisms with the petition of 1500 Cameroon Farmers;
The Biochar Fund
Biochar Fund - fighting hunger, deforestation, energy insecurity and climate change - Home
and to explain their program, Nice fllow charts;
Biochar Fund - fighting hunger, deforestation, energy insecurity and climate change - Biochar versus top-down schemes
One aspect of Biochar systems are Cheap, clean biomass stoves that produce biochar and no respiratory disease. At scale, the health benefits are greater than ending Malaria.
A great example;
http://www.unccd.int/publicinfo/pozn...ft%20Stove.pdf
Printable Hand-outs from IBI;
The International Biochar Initiative (IBI)
Erich
