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<blockquote data-quote="Brisel" data-source="post: 7422236" data-attributes="member: 166"><p>I don't think the belligerence was aimed at you. </p><p></p><p>The business I used to work for sold carbon credits on some new woodland it planted in 2011 to some shell company. I can't remember the figure but it wasn't a big income & we had to make guarantees of a certain amount of biomass growth which meant we had to be sharp about replanting where the inevitable losses happened. Last year there was a day out by some of the employees of the firm who bought the carbon with cameras for their PR machine. All very nice virtue signalling! We had no idea what they did with the carbon & were quite cagey about discussing it. </p><p></p><p>Is this going to be a giant piece of hypocrisy? Yes. An opportunity for farmers? Definitely. This isn't going away and there will be a good demand for carbon offsetting. Other public goods are available too - biodiversity net gain, nitrate & phosphate mitigation, floodwater holding...</p><p></p><p>My major concern is that my farm is nowhere near net carbon gain at the moment. I haven't reguarly measured the soil organic matters but would think that they are roughly neutral. Fertiliser and cultivations are the net losers and our hedgerows & woodlands net gains. We're converting solar power and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates that leave the farm in 29t artics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brisel, post: 7422236, member: 166"] I don't think the belligerence was aimed at you. The business I used to work for sold carbon credits on some new woodland it planted in 2011 to some shell company. I can't remember the figure but it wasn't a big income & we had to make guarantees of a certain amount of biomass growth which meant we had to be sharp about replanting where the inevitable losses happened. Last year there was a day out by some of the employees of the firm who bought the carbon with cameras for their PR machine. All very nice virtue signalling! We had no idea what they did with the carbon & were quite cagey about discussing it. Is this going to be a giant piece of hypocrisy? Yes. An opportunity for farmers? Definitely. This isn't going away and there will be a good demand for carbon offsetting. Other public goods are available too - biodiversity net gain, nitrate & phosphate mitigation, floodwater holding... My major concern is that my farm is nowhere near net carbon gain at the moment. I haven't reguarly measured the soil organic matters but would think that they are roughly neutral. Fertiliser and cultivations are the net losers and our hedgerows & woodlands net gains. We're converting solar power and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates that leave the farm in 29t artics. [/QUOTE]
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