The Discovery Channel looked at spreading seeds from planes in order to establish forests. As I recall, this didn't work too well.
A firm I met on Monday had a product which might really help in this regard. It's the tree-planting equivalent of the ready meal. http://www.h2optiflow.co.uk/ It looks a bit like a test tube. The device contains a substrate of compressed waste paper, a seed, and some fertilizer pellets. This is surrounded by a biodegradable plastic container, which is designed to be shoved into the ground. It doesn't take a genius to work out that you can put some concrete or sand in a sharp tip on the bottom, some fins on the top and you end up with a 'tree cluster bomb'. With the right shape, mass and soil type, this should do a pretty complete job of planting a tree. The device will weigh about a kilo at most, cost a few cents to make and a few more to deliver. Over its life it will lock up tens or hundreds of tons of carbon. The device can be spread out from an appropriate height by a transport aircraft. With the right soil conditions (soft wet soil with limited vegetation cover), then you could quickly forest a wide area for not much money. Please can people write back with critique? Thanks! A -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.
