Friend Kevin, This discussion has devolved into absurdity. Of course people make money raising trees. There are short-cycle plantations for fiber as well as...
In all honesty, Gordon, Bison traversing the prairies is not completely analogous to the industrialized Confined Animal Feeding Operations typifying modern day...
Bob, How many acres of trees have you planted? How many tons of leaves do you compost each year? How large is your vegetable garden? How much biochar do you...
from Lewis L. Smith I have been following this discussion of trees with some interest. When I was a teenager, my father was in the lumber business. I learned...
Free range farmer, whoever you are and wherever you are, Who appointed you as inquisitor? *** I am informing the readers of this forum what needs to be done in...
Lewis, You obviously know more about trees than I do. I would come to you or others like you for advice on how to go about managing forests. I have my own...
Dear Lewis # Bang on! In early years, forests grow rapidly, adding large amounts of biomass per unit area. As they grow older, and become more crowded, the net...
from Lewis L. Smith Thanks to Bob for his kind words. When I said that "something had rubbed off" from my experience, I didn't mean to imply that a lot had...
After 2 minutes of Googling I don't believe plants produce methane: 1. The 2006 study by Keppler and Röckmann used vernal grass, not trees as the subject. 2....
Dear Friend Mark Friend Kevin, This discussion has devolved into absurdity. # Agreed. In my opinion, the entire discussion on Climate Change has degnerated...
Hi Jock - It is also curious how the article fails to mention just how this happens. My understanding is that it is from the decay process. In our temperate ...
Dear Bob ... From: Bob Howes (vegan) To: biochar@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 11:16 AM Subject: [biochar] Re: Trees!! Damn them all! NYT 20...
Hi Briget, "These estrogenic chemicals,", I feel, will gain notoriety as the biological research on Inter sex fish gets more public exposure. The public...
The secret life of bacteria - small, smart and thoughtful! We can't survive without them -- and we've long underestimated their prowess. Controversially,...
Lists (adding biochar-policy and biochar-soils) 1. Here is a continued explanation for the original (Max Plank) author (Keppler) of the trees-methane story: ...
HI Jock, That was a very interesting article. Perhaps we should advocate turning all forests into charcoal to stop this outrageous methane production. This...
Hi Mark, Â "Who would return to tofu after a spit-roasted kid?" Â Yummy!!! That reminds me of the community wide picnics we used to have with pit barbecudes...
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Jan 1, 2010 10:42 pm
dear mark, well i quite agree, the unintended consequences of industrial agriculture are indeed appalling. the central contention of the pulse/holistic grazing...
Scott etal: No validity to this story about methane from trees. See my message from 2 hours before yours. There is methane for sure - but way smaller than the...
Dear Gordon, I most often find your posts interesting and provocative. Fire, is often the missing ingredient. When I grew up (in the US Midwest) there was a...
Gordon Your comment reminded me of this video from the TED catalog that proves what can be done for the soil when this intense grazing is correctly implimented...
The research has also been validated, but study continues to understand the mechanisms of aerobic methane production. It isn't just trees, it even happens for...
Friends, Nice numbers and graphs from multiple scenarios; The Agricultural Marketing Resource Center is an electronic, national resource for producers...
No natural mechanisms survive without thermodynamic validation. If trees produce methane and methane increases atmospheric temperatures and increased...
Just wondering if there is any experience with using the water hyacinth as a feedstock for biochar. These are often invasive species that are clogging...
