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Why don't we fertilize it so it captures more carbon?
Fertilizer is nitrogen, phosphate and potash. A Mosaic phosphate strip mine in Florida:Why don't we fertilize it so it captures more carbon?
Why don't we fertilize it so it captures more carbon?
There are many reasons, one of the most prominent being that fertilization is messy. Fertilizing might be letting gardens go to seed and decompose before we plow it under for the next season. Fertilizing might be spreading waste on the land we want to plant in next spring. Fertilizing might be letting land lay fallow for a year. Fertilizing might be not developing a valuable resource because we know we'll be better off waiting for the long run.
It is difficult to get agreement for the long term projects, however beneficial they might be.
Why don't we fertilize it so it captures more carbon?
I agree, but what about algal blooms? Isn't fertilizer use one of the primary contributors to harmful algal blooms?
Maybe the payoff would be worth it? I don't know.
Algal bloom - Wikipedia
Where I live, the soil is so sandy one must buy potting soil, perlite, and natural fertilizer called black cow.
my dad can be stubborn, he would not help out my mom and I when we wanted him to make a bin of chicken wire and extra wood boards to hold a compost heap. We have a lot of kitchen scraps we could put in the compost heap. it can be very difficult to manage though.
There is a natural fertilizer, it comes from body waste, human and animal. It can also be toxic, depending on what was eaten.
I agree, but what about algal blooms? Isn't fertilizer use one of the primary contributors to harmful algal blooms?
Maybe the payoff would be worth it? I don't know.