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<blockquote data-quote="PrairieGhost" data-source="post: 297619" data-attributes="member: 704">I am all for keeping the plants open too.&nbsp; I will tell you the little I do know about the atmospheric carbon.&nbsp; German satelites monitoring atmospheric carbon could not understand why high carbon content in the atmosphere was significantly reduced as it entered Minnesota.&nbsp; Plants as they grow take in carbon and give off oxygen.&nbsp; As the plant growes above and below ground it is storing carbon.&nbsp; So they looked at farm fields and they provided no storage because the carbon is released when its plowed.&nbsp; The same with CRP when they looked at it.&nbsp; Storage was only seasonal or temporary at best.&nbsp; Pasture land does provide some permanent storage, but the biomass of their root systems is small, and did not account for the reduced atmospheric carbon as it passed through North Dakota.&nbsp; The answer was wetlands with their huge biomass of root systems.&nbsp; Up to 35 tons ler acre was stored in wetlands.&nbsp; Of course if you drain and plow it fizzes off like opening a bottle of champain.&nbsp; Pull together the coal companies, the conservation organizations, and you may then even pull in some gov money on the grounds of environmentally friendly coal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PrairieGhost, post: 297619, member: 704"] I am all for keeping the plants open too. I will tell you the little I do know about the atmospheric carbon. German satelites monitoring atmospheric carbon could not understand why high carbon content in the atmosphere was significantly reduced as it entered Minnesota. Plants as they grow take in carbon and give off oxygen. As the plant growes above and below ground it is storing carbon. So they looked at farm fields and they provided no storage because the carbon is released when its plowed. The same with CRP when they looked at it. Storage was only seasonal or temporary at best. Pasture land does provide some permanent storage, but the biomass of their root systems is small, and did not account for the reduced atmospheric carbon as it passed through North Dakota. The answer was wetlands with their huge biomass of root systems. Up to 35 tons ler acre was stored in wetlands. Of course if you drain and plow it fizzes off like opening a bottle of champain. Pull together the coal companies, the conservation organizations, and you may then even pull in some gov money on the grounds of environmentally friendly coal. [/QUOTE]

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