tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6975161130020685883.post8193976291485387334..comments2024-03-27T03:19:09.202-04:00Comments on HyMark High Spots: Archuleta!Ed Winklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299533401041542458noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6975161130020685883.post-53945439748526805262012-09-15T10:56:51.616-04:002012-09-15T10:56:51.616-04:00I think it could but it would be here if it were r...I think it could but it would be here if it were readily feasible? How many great inventions or findings have been squashed by "follow the money"?<br /><br />I have yet to run my hands through any of those soils. You would have thought I would have by now, wouldn't you? I have only been to Iowa but I would sure like to add those 3 to my bucket list!<br /><br />Biochar is fascinating to me but I don't know enough to talk about it. I did see exhaust gases being run back into soils in Canada and the US but I haven't formed an opinion of where that stands with my thinking.<br /><br />I am so caught up in notill, calcium, cover crops and balancing soil fertility as affordably as I can that I can barely handle that myriad of subjects.<br /><br />There is just so much to learn. I can barely apply 10% of what I understand to be sustainable yet profitable.Ed Winklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07299533401041542458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6975161130020685883.post-55312093263184875642012-09-14T14:55:08.433-04:002012-09-14T14:55:08.433-04:00Talking of performance, can a Cadillac average 84M...Talking of performance, can a Cadillac average 84MPG? ^-^<br />http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2012/05/84-mpg-couple-drives-vw-passat-diesel-record-chevrolet-cruze-/1<br /><br />In addition to the fertile black soil of Ukraine and other places you mentioned, there is also the Amazonian terra preta, which was slowly built by incorporating biochar into the soil.<br /><br />We could do the same by burning part of the increasingly tough corn stalks into biochar. Charcoal releases very little carbon into the atmosphere under the right conditions, so it seems to be a great way to both sequester carbon and improve the soil, a win-win situation.<br /><br />I actually wonder if the biomass the Amazonians turned into biochar was not partly made of corn stalks already, so maybe I am just reinventing what already existed.Chimelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08601975288198239103noreply@blogger.com