Correct. More trees is important to offset the continuous loss of them elsewhere. One of the motivations for "TeamTrees". Personally I am growing ~9 acres of trees on former farmland. Those are for harvesting also, but for 40 years they are capturing carbon and producing "European Hardwood" (Robinia Pseudoacacia) Cor.
On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 12:29 PM Mark Abramowitz via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > Forests are important carbon sinks. > > - Mark > > Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > > > On Feb 19, 2020, at 11:05 AM, Peri Hartman via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > That's nice. But it's important to know about the forest being cut down. > > If it is a young forest and were already planned to be cut in another 10 > > years or so, no big deal. But if it's old growth (I don't think that even > > exists in western Europe), it's a different story. > > > > Well, Tesla is in the news about this and it will be interesting, as David > > says, to see how they react. > > > > Peri > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > > From: "Cor van de Water via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> > > To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <ev@lists.evdl.org> > > Cc: "Cor van de Water" <cor.vandewa...@gmail.com> > > Sent: 18-Feb-20 11:43:02 PM > > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Germany stops Tesla's Gigafactory > > > >> Part of the story that is not showing in many publications: > >> > >> Statement from Tesla: "We aim to replant an area three times the > >> factory plot, with mixed trees native to their habitat and the > >> potential to become an old growth forest, while working with > >> environmental and other expert groups for the best possible outcome," > >> https://abcnews.go.com/Business/court-asks-tesla-temporarily-stop-cutting-trees-site/story?id=69029497 > >> > >> Also remember that Musk donated 1,000,000 trees for TeamTrees.org > >> https://teamtrees.org/ > >> > >> Cor. > >> > >>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 11:13 PM EVDL Administrator via EV > >>> <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On 18 Feb 2020 at 18:29, Willie via EV wrote: > >>> > >>> > Should I propose a vote on the most idiotic EVDL post? > >>> > Two responders treated you EXTREMELY gently. > >>> > >>> This kind of response isn't in the collegial spirit we try for on the > >>> EVDL, > >>> and it's not very helpful. Let's discuss EVs, not EVDL members, please. > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
