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Not criticising what you said. But isn't that very close to saying that composting is releasing CO2? Thing is I don't really get why peat is so extremely unprop
by aliswe 6y ago
Not criticising what you said. But isn't that very close to saying that composting is releasing CO2? Thing is I don't really get why peat is so extremely unproportionally badly angled compared to other mechanisms similar to that what you have just said. To me, there seems to be a hidden bias somewhere.
- el_oni 6y agoComposting does release CO2 if done aerobically, which is ideal. It releases methane if it is allowed to go anearobic. And methane is a more potent GHG. If composting at home you are bringing the carbon cycle close to home. The difference between composting and harvesting peat is that one is a way of using the decomposed remains of your own plants, vegetables, wood and other waste, to enrich your soil. The other is harvesting a natural carbon sink which is at risk of being destroyed. As the poster before mentioned, there are sutainable peat sources. But there are also peatbogs being drained and burned [0]. Changing landuse is one of the drivers of climate change, and its not just forests that need to be managed, wetlands and swamps do too. As a species we are pumping a lot of CO2 into the atmosphere maybe we should think about leaving some carbon in the ground for once. [0] https://news.mongabay.com/2020/06/as-fires-strangle-national-parks-indonesia-struggles-to-restore-peatlands/ https://news.mongabay.com/2020/06/as-fires-strangle-national...