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Re: Scientists Turn Carbon Dioxide Emissions into Stone

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In sci.physics jim <""sjedgingN0Sp\"@m@mwt.net"> wrote:
> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>> In sci.physics jim <""sjedgingN0Sp\"@m@mwt.net"> wrote:
>>> >Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:
>>>> >>Scientists Turn Carbon Dioxide Emissions into Stone
>>>> >>
>>>> >>bharatkalyan97.blogspot.com
>>>> >>June 10, 2016
>>>> >>
>>>> >>http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.com/2016/06/scientists-turn-carbon-dioxide.html
>>> >
>>> >Turning carbon emissions to stone is even dumber
>>> >than doing nothing at all. And doing nothing is
>>> >pretty stupid.
>>> >
>>> >The real problem is not that man has put too much
>>> >carbon into the atmosphere. The problem is man's
>>> >agriculture production model has destroyed too
>>> >much carbon from the world's soils. If all the
>>> >carbon that currently exists in the atmosphere
>>> >were sequestered in the farmland soils of the
>>> >world it would improve the quality of those soils
>>> >enormously but the quality of those soils would still
>>> >be well below their natural levels before farming
>>> >destroyed the carbon content of soil. .
>>> >
>> Plants absorb carbon from the air; very little from the ground.
> 
> Plants are the source of carbon in the soil. Increasing
> carbon content of the soil increases the ability of plants
> to remove more carbon from the air and store more in the
> soil. If this natural process were not being interfered with
> by counter producrive agricultural practices, there would be
> no problem with excess carbon in the atmosphere.
> http://regenerationinternational.org/2015/10/07/soil-carbon-putting-carbon-back-where-it-belongs-in-the-earth/
> 

That carbon in the soil is in the form of dead, decaying plants, not CO2.

Which do you think happens after all the tomatoes are picked for the season?

A: The farmer pays someone to pull out the plants and haul them away.

B: The farmer plows the plants back into the soil.


-- 
Jim Pennino

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Re: Scientists Turn Carbon Dioxide Emissions into Stone jim <""sjedgingN0Sp\"@m@mwt.net"> - 2016-06-14 07:53 -0500
  Re: Scientists Turn Carbon Dioxide Emissions into Stone jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-06-14 17:59 +0000
    Re: Scientists Turn Carbon Dioxide Emissions into Stone jim <""sjedgingN0Sp\"@m@mwt.net"> - 2016-06-14 15:25 -0500
      Re: Scientists Turn Carbon Dioxide Emissions into Stone jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-06-14 23:52 +0000
        Re: Scientists Turn Carbon Dioxide Emissions into Stone jim <""sjedgingN0Sp\"@m@mwt.net"> - 2016-06-14 19:41 -0500
          Re: Scientists Turn Carbon Dioxide Emissions into Stone jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-06-15 01:29 +0000
            Re: Scientists Turn Carbon Dioxide Emissions into Stone jim <""sjedgingN0Sp\"@m@mwt.net"> - 2016-06-14 21:44 -0500

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