SOIL & WATER MANAGEMENT - A BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE
As
with all systems
we must keep
clear the passage
of travel - the
heart pumps blood, but the arteries and veins
need to be clear to allow flow - any blockage
and the body breaks down.
The same
applies to
the planet - the planet's carbon heart
pumps carbon from gas to liquid to solid - we dig it up, burn it and
release the energy into gas - and
to work properly - to flow - the passagefor CO2 needs to
be clear.
A blockage will cause a build up of CO2 in the atmosphere - because it
has no other place to go. The sea is filling and more CO2 will make it
acidic. The sky is filling, that's warming - and the ground is dry
[again note: without carbon in the soil, soil cannot absorb water] and
according to Dr Rattan Lal
Director Carbon Management and Sequestration Center/FAES, OARDC
The Ohio State University.
"Actions that improve soil and water quality, enhance agronomic
productivity and reduce net emissions of greenhouse gases are truly a
win-win situation. It is true that soil sequestration is a short-term
solution to the problem of gaseous emissions. In the long term, reducing
emissions from the burning of fossil fuels by developing alternative
energy sources is the only solution. For the next 50 years, however,
soil sequestration is a very cost-effective option, a "bridge to the
future" that buys us time in which to develop those alternative energy
options."
Any electrical engineer or school kid interested in electronics could guess, when there's too much heat generated by the circuit... "we need a heat sink". The term Carbon Sink is well known and essentially is a heat sink, but in this case WaterSinks™ will also cool the planet and at the same time restore a healthy eco system.
SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION
BY AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY LAND USES
TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE
TESTIMONY OF Rattan Lal
Director Carbon Management and Sequestration Center/FAES, OARDC
The Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210
http://epw.senate.gov/108th/Lal_070803.htm ||
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