Green, green, green

[Peikko 1,575]

BioChar

Biochar: Much is unknown but this is no reason to rule it out

Biochar - where wood and crop wastes are cooked to release the volatile components buried in the soil - is a cheap and highly beneficial way of disrupting the global carbon cycle

[peejay 327]

Along the Louisiana coast the locals have set controlled burns a huge swaths of coastal marsh lands for years. Not to sequester carbon, but to renew the land. It grows back lusher and greener after the burns. Probably the same principle as biochar. Instead of rotting vegetation releasing nutrients into the air, burning it replenishes the soil for new growth.

[Peikko 1,575]

Sounds good

Simple can be best, often. I know they are saying that it should not be looked on as a panacea, and neither it should but still, if it's good for the environment regardless, why not?

[HAL 9000 96]

Sounds like heating the decaying biomass so that its carbon compounds break down without being released into the atmosphere.

Which is what burns do.

[britbird 4]

Interesting.

they do controlled burns all over the place. In the New Forest in the UK they do them all the time - promotes new growth, creates fire breaks etc. Certain seeds do far better if they are burned before growing so I'm told.

Meanwhile my back yard composter is starting to heat up!