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Still would be better to keep the carbon solid than released into the atmosphere, no?
by drdrey 3y ago
Still would be better to keep the carbon solid than released into the atmosphere, no?
- zwirbl 3y agoIn that case you would not need to produce charcoal in the first place
- ip26 3y agoOnly way that realistically happens is if you bury it deep underground. Charcoal above the surface is part of the carbon cycle.
- mcpackieh 3y agoCharcoal is resistant to the natural decomposition that normally turns wood back into CO2. Therefore if you char wood then bury that charcoal, you don't need to go deep underground to sequester the carbon. Burying charcoal in the topsoil can sequester that carbon for thousands of years or more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrogenic_carbon_capture_and_storage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrogenic_carbon_capture_and_s...