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I am happy to see some thought being given to the waste of
resources and the climate pollution signified by each and every
wildfire and prescribed pile-burn.  Our forests may be our single
greatest climate liability, since they are growing larger, thicker,
and in this drought, drier and more flammable.  I help address this
problem by developing biochar soil amendments for marketing in to
agriculture.  I hope the CARB can work with CALFire, CEC, CDFA, and
DWR to start a groundbreaking new initiative which promotes the
budding biochar industry by upgrading our existing biomass plants
to have fewer emissions and to produce good biochar for benefits as
a soil amendment.  In turn, we could have a revenue source
associated with removal of dry, shredded biomass from our forests,
reducing the wildfire emissions, improving habitat, and reducing
risks to our crucial watersheds.  Use of biochar as a soil
amendment permanently sequesters this carbon in to the soil,
further improving California's climate outlook.  We need a new,
sustainable biomass economy that provides renewable energy,
improved habitat, reduces our wildfire risk, and improves our soils
and water quality.