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I'm working on agri-forestry and biochar reactors on a hobby farm. Hybrid poplars mature within a decade, and a biochar reactor is a net-energy producing react
by bgroat 5y ago
I'm working on agri-forestry and biochar reactors on a hobby farm.
Hybrid poplars mature within a decade, and a biochar reactor is a net-energy producing reaction that produces soil improving char as a byproduct.
It won't save the world on it's own, but trees can be leveraged in powerful ways.
- simon_000666 5y agoCan you think of anyway we could measure individuals doing this? I’m thinking reverse Bitcoin - provide a kit for people to start generating terra preta and deploying it and then give them coins for the amount of carbon they store.
- phire 5y agoHang on. That sounds carbon-neutral at best. Great for replacing fossil fuels, but not a carbon sequestration technique.
- bgroat 5y agoYou can bury the char or plow it into fields as a soil ameliorant. Or if you wanted you could literally just bury it. Then it becomes a coal plant in reverse