[TheForge] eco coke

[Andrew Vida]

peter fels wrote:
> Seems the "biochar" has other soil virtues, including fighting
> compaction, holding water for  an extended time for plant roots and
> sequestering some nutrients for later use....It also endures a heck
> of a long time. Buried wood gets broken down and returns to the
> carbon cycle pretty promptly, given moisture.

These may be virtues... or liabilities.  People do not seem to be very 
inclined to learn from past mistakes, apparently choosing to believe 
what is convenient to their desires.  For instance, some believe that 
GMO foods are harmless, and they may be correct.  Maybe not.  I am wary 
of treating the world like a giant petri dish.  Experimentation is in 
our blood, I suppose, but it seems there are probably some boundaries. 
The problem is knowing where they lie.