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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nohatch" data-source="post: 3722315" data-attributes="member: 100157">Hi Chosun,Thanks for sharing! I've not had time to look at the details but the principle looks great - and the aspiration is certainly something that should be applauded (and applied as widely as possible in my opinion).I couldn't help but notice you mentioning it's THE major cause of global warming which it isn't - that dubious honour still goes to us transferring carbon stored in the geosphere to the atmosphere/hydrosphere/biosphere. Total global estimates for soil carbon are in the range of 1500 Pg , around 600 Pg for the biosphere, and around 4000 Pg for the fossil fuel reservoirs. Human activity is estimated to account for a CO2 emission flux of ~10 Pg per year, of which 87% is accounted for by fossil fuel combustion and industrial activity, and most of the remaining 13% by land use changes - so a very important factor indeed (and one that needs to addressed urgently and has loads of other benefits too as you point out), but not the major cause. Sorry to be pedantic <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Cheers,Joost</blockquote>