1. What Is Biochar
2. Biochar Can Be Carbon-Negative
3. Environmental Benefits of Biochar
4. Leading Climate Scientists Talk About the Biochar Solution
5. Biochar Production
6. International Biochar Initiative [IBI]
These PDFs print very well in either color or B&W and make excellent 8.5 x 11 hand-out “posters”.
Note: I would like to thank Lopa Brunjes for sending me [...]

As we develop near zero net energy houses with no furnaces, can we start replacing strongly carbon positive fossil fuel powered thermal energy systems with carbon negative alternatives?
Here is one possible path.
We can convert biomass, such as:

Wood chips from beetle killed trees in Colorado.
and turn them into this:

Biochar
In a system such as:

Biochar 1000 prototype [...]

In order to support and strengthen the recent American and Chinese commitments to the concept of Low Carbon Economies, perhaps these policy guide lines and goals could be incorporated into the Waxman Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 [H.R. 2454].
1. Sequester additional carbon in the soils and forests in a sustainable [...]

如果大气中最大限额CO2含量是350单位/百万，可如今已经是385，那么仅仅减少CO2排放率是否合理？简单说，是否所有针对减排的策略都如同将泰坦尼克号甲板上的椅子重排？
或者按照逻辑来说，我们是否必须尽快从大气中去除CO2？我们能否尽快将大气中CO2减少10%来避免全球气候紊乱？
在2007年，大气中CO2已含385单位。可是我们并没有听到任何关于“转移重心”的谈话，也没有任何在全球范围内为了保持生态平衡而去除CO2的行动。历史证明了过度逾越限制无疑带来悲剧的结果：死亡和生态系统坍塌。这难道是我们想要的将来？
如果不是，我们已经学会如何完全准确地给CO2“标价”。如今，我们趋于用扭曲的方式标价CO2来得到我们想要的：廉价能源。最终，如果我们 “烧了书”，结果肯定会“烧死我们”。
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Here’s the question: If the maximum “safe” level of CO2 in the atmosphere is 350 parts per million, but today’s level is ALREADY 387 ppm, is it “good enough” to simply reduce the rate at which we are adding CO2 to the atmosphere? Simply put, is any policy option limited to a [...]

Author: Michael D. McDonald, Dr.P.H.
Will the remnants of 20th Century national security mechanisms derail our own recovery and jeopardize the health, well-being and prosperity of Americans by consuming our societal attention and resources around the potential or actual next large terrorist attack, while other greater threats to our society and to the world continue to [...]

For the first time in his professional career, Constitutional Scholar Laurence Tribe – previously on various short-lists of potential Supreme Court nominees – proposed a Constitutional Amendment.
He felt it was necessary in order to assure that traditional 18th Century constitutional civil liberties would remain protected against modern technological threats.
On March 26, 1991, Professor Tribe (now [...]

Tags: civil liberties, due process, free press, freedom of speech, technological threats, unreasonable search, unreasonable seizuers

Posted by: Jock Gill
To do what? To help us get where?
A very long time ago, on the internet scale, 1992 to be exact, I serendipitously became the first ever presidential campaign staffer assigned to the internet — which meant, in those days, email. This led to my becoming the first White House staffer [...]

Posted by: Jock Gill
A great interview on NPR with Thom Friedman. Highly recommended.
Fresh Air from WHYY, September 8, 2008
Thomas Friedman is a man bent on revolution. In his new book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded, the three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist writes about the need for a green revolution — and calls upon Americans to [...]

Author: Jock Gill
As Thom Friedman correctly points out, innovation powers “Change”. So if our candidates for president are serious about change, let’s ask them if they are willing to support an innovation agenda. How? And When?
A good place to start, if we are serious about change and about the energy efficiency [...]