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Biochar Believers

Word is that one of Cortez’s grunts stumbled onto a civilization deep
in the jungles of Amazona. The mythic metropolis supported by “black
soil,” Terra Preta in Portuguese.
El Dorado had been found.
Modern scientists found that a few tropical ancient societies created
Terra Preta soil by incorporating charcoal, manure and household
wastes into it, “biochar,” creating a host of benefits [...]