For those asking about the best trees for carbon sequestration, this
small item I wrote in Science in 1989 puts a slightly different slant
on things. Also as subsequent event have shown, the future moves in
unpredictable ways and with all due apologies to Matt Chew, not
necessarily in better wa
rather
than indulging in vague allusions containing at least a bit of straw . . .
WT
- Original Message -
From: "Matt Chew"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 4:26 PM
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] best tree species for carbon sequestration
This thread often employs 'natural'
This thread often employs 'natural' and 'ecological' as proxies for 'good'
or 'proper' or 'appropriate' or 'desirable'. Using some past condition to
exemplify a desired future is commonplace, but that past is always poorly
documented and most of our 'knowledge' of past conditions is selectively
co
Ecolog:
To minimize the temptation to get lost in the brambles, I'm going to annotate
McNeely's remarks [[thus. WT]]
WT
- Original Message -
From: "David L. McNeely"
To:
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 6:53 AM
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] best tree species for
ries that deal in living things to
> make better choices. Homo sapiens has been increasingly deluding itself for
> the last ten millennia or so, and it's time we started to make amends for
> the damage we have done to the earth in the most sensible way possible. And
> it IS possibl
ible. And
it IS possible. It's just a matter of the knowledge, the understanding, and
the will to do so.
WT
- Original Message -
From: "Katie Rose"
To:
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] best tree species for carbon sequestration
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the net-energy and carbon-balance equations that include energy
> consumption and carbon-release numbers associated with the production,
> transportation, and planting of growing trees. I stand ready to be further
> enlightened on this subject as well.
>
> WT
>
> -
ers associated with the production, transportation, and
planting of growing trees. I stand ready to be further enlightened on this
subject as well.
WT
- Original Message -
From: "Katie Rose"
To:
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] best tree s
Hello Dr. Johnson,
I'd like to supplement some of the points made by Jason Hernandez,
which are all right on.
The best way to promote carbon sequestration is to plant a resilient
forest: one that has a combination of tree species so you are buffered
against pests and diseases, and then plan for w
Your criteria are shared by countless homeowners wanting to landscape their
yards (fast growing, long-lived, low maintenance). Unfortunately, there are
physiological tradeoffs involved, whereby fast growing trees tend to "live
fast" in other ways, too, and hence are as a general rule not long-li
dear Ecolog-ers,
I am designing a tree planting-planting project designed to counter CO2
production at a college in south central Iowa. Students will be involved in
planting. I have heard that Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) and sweetgum
(Liquidambar styraciflua) are both good candidates f
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