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The Charcoal Vision: A Win–Win–Win Scenario for Simultaneously Producing Bioenergy, Permanently Sequestering Carbon, while Improving Soil and Water Quality

USDA, ARS, National Soil Tilth Laboratory, 2150 Pammel Dr., Ames, IA 50011

View larger version (81K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 1. The Charcoal Vision: A national system of distributed pyrolyzers for processing biomass into bio-oil and charcoal, with the bio-oil displacing fossil fuel and the charcoal being returned to the soil, could reduce U.S. demand for fossil oil by 25%, reduce U.S. C emissions by 10%, enhance soil and water quality, increase agricultural productivity, and strengthen rural economies. Extrapolated to a global scale this strategy could make a major contribution to world energy supply and the solution to global warming.