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There doesn't appear to be any costs associated with this miracle of science. Could this be a silver bullet for all of the world's problems?
What is this miracle?
Over the railroad tracks, near Agriculture Drive on the University of Georgia campus, sits a unique machine that may hold one of the solutions to big environmental problems like energy, food production and even global climate change...
In a few hours, organic trash is transformed into charcoal-like pellets farmers can turn into fertilizer. Gasses given off during the process can be harnesed to fuel vehicles of power electric generators.
Biochar is considered by many scientists to be the "black gold" for agriculture.
Its high carbon content and porous nature can help soil retain water, nutrients, protect soil microbes and ultimately increase crop yields while acting as natural carbon sink - sequestering CO2 and locking it into the ground.
Biochar helps clean the air two ways: by preventing rotting biomass from releasing harmful CO2 into the atmosphere, and by allowing plants to safely store CO2 they pull out of the air during photosynthesis...
"We have 3 billion people out there who are at risk for climate change and they can be making money solving our global problem," said Day.
Industries can now begin to look at farmers around the world and pay them for their agricultural wastes, said Day. "They can become the new affluent."
