“What would happen in in 50 years’ time the world suddenly stopped burning fossil fuels? Surprisingly little as far as the climate is concerned.”
Warning Warming, New Scientist, 31 January 2009
“Fish could vanish from huge stretches of the ocean for tens of thousands of years unless we drastically reduce our carbon emissions.”
Oceans Will Suffocate in a Warmer World, New Scientist, 31 January 2009
“There is one way we could save ourselves and that is through the massive burial of charcoal. It would mean farmers turning all their agricultural waste – which contains carbon that the plants have spent the summer sequestering – into non-biodegradable charcoal, and burying it in the soil. Then you can start shifting really hefty quantities of carbon out of the system and pull CO2 down quite fast.” “This is the one thing we can do that will make a difference, but I bet they won’t do it.”
We’re Doomed But It’s Not All Bad – James Lovelock interview, New Scientist, 24 January 2009
Have you heard of this idea of making and burying charcoal? Is there a catch?
Interview with James Lovelock at New Scientist.
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