Scientist Dr. Ray Chrisman

By Daniel

In the last week of my internship at YouthWorks, (working on alternate energy) we had the CEO of a large company (Alter Dyne) make a long trip to educate us on the direction biochar should be going for this next generation. He presented us with annual carbon fluxes (how much CO2 is being contributed to the atmosphere from us, and how much is returning.) He also brought to our attention that it has many other great side effects, like bigger growth in any food products, (becoming bigger, taster), and how it could help to slow global warming, and can help the earth recover, like medicine to a sick patient. (When used correctly it has good effects!) But the most amazing thing that he showed us was that biochar, even though it hasn't formally been discovered to this era, actually has been around for thousands of years. Like in the Savannah, how the grass could grow taller than some American bushes, etc., it's because when the dirt that's dug up and examined, biochar was found to be the source giving the dirt a darker texture.