Introduction | p. 1 |
Charcoal and biochar | |
A visit to India | |
The players | |
An Overall View | p. 10 |
Carbon | |
The atmosphere | |
The land | |
Limited resources Geo engineering | |
Downsides | |
Predictions | |
The Amazon Civilization | p. 24 |
Dark soil (terra preta) | |
Biochar and Agriculture | p. 29 |
Soil | |
Productivity | |
Peak oil | |
Peak phosphorus | |
Pandemics Introduction of biochar | |
Where, and how much? Permanence in soil | |
Application | |
Pilot Schemes | p. 57 |
The banana grower | |
SCAD | |
Southern France Carbon Gold in Belize | |
Ghana | |
Poultry farm Cameroon | |
Microwave | |
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) | |
Science | p. 75 |
Photosynthesis | |
Carbon dioxide | |
Methane | |
Nitrous oxide | |
Safe level for greenhouse gases | |
Biochar | |
Nutrient qualities | |
Carbon Credits? | p. 94 |
Cap-and-trade | |
The global economy | |
Experience: Europe | |
Biochar | |
Twin solutions | |
CMF: the Carbon Maintenance Fee | |
Summary | p. 109 |
Selected bibliography | p. 113 |
Index | p. 116 |
About the Author | p. 121 |
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