Terra Preta: Biochar And The MEGO Effect
Posted by Big Gav on September 28, 2008 - 11:00am in The Oil Drum:
Australia/New Zealand
Topic: Alternative energy
Tags: agrichar, agriculture, biochar, black earth, carbon sequestration, original,
pyrolysis, terra...
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Terra Preta: Biochar And The MEGO Effect
Posted by Big Gav on September 28, 2008 - 11:00am in The Oil Drum:
Australia/New Zealand
Topic: Alternative energy
Tags: agrichar, agriculture, biochar, black earth, carbon sequestration, original,
pyrolysis, terra preta [list all tags]
This month s edition of National Geographic has a feature
article on "Soil", which looks at the steady degradation of
agricultural land and the problem this poses in world where the
population is heading for 9+ billion people - effectively calling
attention to the "peak dirt" problem (however soil is
renewable, so any "peak" should be able to be reversed if
sufficient time and effort is put into doing so).
The article uses an acronym I ve never come across before to describe the problem faced by
those trying to draw attention to the issue: MEGO (My Eyes Glaze Over) - a phenomenon which
should be familiar to anyone who has ever talked about peak oil, global warming or any of the
other "limits to growth".
This ye
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