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Agriculture, Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration
August 3, 2012 at 12:27 pm
I came across a wonderful little pdf for those interested at one of my favorite sites. ATTRA. The PDF is free, most of it drawn from a paper released by the US Dept of Ag back in '08 (Backlund et all, 2008). It touches on a couple of topics that cropped up in a few threads recently and so I figured it might be worth a read. Things like the pros and cons of climate change (from an ag perspective), greenhouse gas emissions by activity, proposed carbon taxes and cap and trade systems, and it is chock full of interesting little bits of tedium. It also has plenty of colorful pictures and graphs, which is important to their target market (heheheh). Its a bit dated, couple years have passed, but a wonderful read nevertheless (imho).
Enjoy.
https://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/summari...hp?pub=297
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RE: Agriculture, Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration
August 3, 2012 at 1:26 pm
Carbon sequestration? Do they mean, carbon capture techniques?
The planet's already doing just that...
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news...hern-ocean
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RE: Agriculture, Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration
August 3, 2012 at 2:03 pm
So what, it is very likely not doing it nearly fast enough for our purposes.i
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RE: Agriculture, Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration
August 3, 2012 at 2:48 pm
(This post was last modified: August 3, 2012 at 2:55 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Yeah, absolutely is doing that Welsh, not just in big fantastic ways, but tiny nearly imperceptible ways that add up to a whole hell of a lot. Ag contributes to that(generally). However, apparently due largely to soil management techniques ag (specifically) releases more carbon (and a host of other things as well) than it captures. Therein lies the rub, many things we do both capture and release carbon. It matters very little whether or not any given amount of carbon is captured when the amount released is greater. I've been looking into the various conservation tillage proposals that were linked for a long while. I'm thinking of trying them out next year (or, in a perfect world, getting someone to pay me to try them out on their fields...lol. It's always a good idea to play with someone else's money).
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Agriculture, Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration
August 4, 2012 at 4:13 am
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