Lee Hart wrote:
>
> Matt Muelver wrote:
> > Reforestation efforts in the US have gone so far that we now have more
> > trees than we did at the time of our nation's founding.
>
> I find this hard to believe without supporting facts. The areas where I
> live were heavily forested with mature trees hundreds of years ago.
> Essentially all of it has been logged. I might believe that the number
> of trees today is the same, but they occupy far less land, and are much
> younger fast-growing varieties.
> --
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I also might add that the faster growing trees sequester Carbon much
faster than the old growth. The Old growth did represent a much larger
amount of stored Carbon. Time allows this.
I find it funny that calculations on the amount of carbon released
should be having a MUCH larger effect on Co2 air levels. Some wheres on
this rock the C is being stored at a much faster rate than the
Doomsayers care to admit.
Identifing the Release of Fossil carbon is rather easy, in millions of
barrels, and thousands of tons of Coal. We don't have all the natural
paths to storage known or documented. Hence most Atmospheric carbon
predictions are just about as reliable as a random number generator.
Also the Biosphere(aka Mother Nature) knows all about wild Co2 swings
from the Geologic past. Mother nature will adapt, and rather well. So
will Man....
Y'all think it's time to rip up the Doug Fir and plant the Bannna Trees
here in the Pungent Sound?
This summer the Agave Catus might be a better choice. I do have a taste
for Tequila...
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Rich Rudman
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