Friday, December 4, 2009
Too busy to blog?
I must ask for forgiveness, as I have committed the ultimate sin of blogging: being to busy to post. The economy as it is though, I'm not complaining about being busy. Nope. Right now we're doing some exciting work with Woods End Laboratories. You can check out some of our work on their YouTube page. Currently, we're working on another web video with soil scientist Will Brinton; the topic is Biochar, a form of carbon capture and storage. This is a hot topic in certain circles, so Will is expecting our video will get lots of hits. I'll post it as soon as it's done! In the meantime, here's another piece we made for Woods End Laboratory.
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Here is the Vidio I hope to see;
The Script We Need;
People need to see this process for their eyes NOT to glaze over.
A scaling animation, (or at least Power point/flow chart) following the path of the molecules of interest as they feed through the soil food web.
Biochar viewed as soil Infrastructure; The old saw, "Feed the Soil Not the Plants" becomes "Feed, Cloth and House the Soil, utilities included !". Free Carbon Condominiums, build it and they will come.
As one microbologist said on the list; "Microbes like to sit down when they eat". By setting this table we expand husbandry to whole new orders of life.
Staring as the main characters:
nano; compounds, ions, chemistry
micro; microbes, fungi, algae
macro; wee-beasties, worms, bugs & us
At each scale show their bio char enhanced qualities/populations relative to standard soils.
Act I - Biosphere
Scene I
Atmosphere
Zoom in through atmosphere, telling the story of each relevant CHG. (C02, N20, CH4).
At 30,000 ft., survey geographic carbon sinks and sources.
Account the airborne bacteria, dust, fungal spores + rain nucleation, lighting and nitrates, (the success of SOX and NOX cap and trade system)
Bio-carbon's Hg scrubbing potential for coal-fired power generation,
Plant respiration, biomass + rot.
Scene II
Rizosphere
Plant root / fungi symbiosis; superhighway for moisture and nutrients, Internet for plant chemical communication, Extending roots 100 fold.
Glomalins; 1/3 of soil carbon - soil aggregate glue - Soil texture
Act II - BioChar
Scene I
A Wee-Beastie Feast
Circumventing the carbon cycle. Charcoal vs. rot.
The cornucopia for the rest of the Wee-Beastie food web.
Increased; CEC, Humic substances, microbes, fungi, worms etc.
Soil Bioturbation; Aeration+ moisture, and and methane reductions.
Increased; Glomalins - aggregation - tilth, N20 emissions connection.
Absorptive mechanisms;nutrient holding + downstream effects.
Biologic and Absorptive mechanisms for toxic soil Restoration / Mitigation.
Biochar viewed as soil infrastructure; The old saying;"feed the soil, not the plants" becomes "Feed, clothe, and house the Soil with all utilities". Furnished Carbon condominiums, no fees, carboxylated fats in the pantry, hydroxyl alcohol mini bar,
Scene II
Climate, Biofuels and Bread
Pryolsis economics at all scales, the climate effect when brought to full scale,
The only soil amendment that keeps on working.
The total C02e (equivalent) value of Biochar soil's concomitant benefits.
How soil CO2 emissions need to struggle through the green plant canopy before becoming a GHG .
Crop results.
A Whole New Order of Husbandry
Further episodes:
Bring Out the Plow One Last Time (Maximun soil Carbon Sequestration 100 T/Ac)
BioChar and Fungi Synergies ( Their affinity produces; 1+ 1 = 4 )
Incubating Biochar with Compost
My New Retoric:
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.
Biotic Carbon, the carbon transformed by life, should never be combusted, oxidized and destroyed. It deserves more respect, reverence even, and understanding to use it back to the soil where 2/3 of excess atmospheric carbon originally came from.
I feel worms and all the Wee beasties are movers and shakers of soil growth and motility, If there are microbes to eat, worms will come.
Please send an email for the links of Source Materials;
Philosophy:
Microorganisms;
SEM photograph of microorganism in bamboo charcoal.
Bacteria
Amazing utility of fungi
Research:
Nice Crop Pictures;
Education
COMING SOON !! to a YouTube near you.
Cheers,
Erich
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shengar(at)aol.com
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