(02-12-2019, 08:40 AM)robkelk Wrote: Remember how I keep telling people to check the numbers, get the facts, and don't listen to people who have a vested interest in getting you to think their way?
Well, here's a worked example of that approach.
Canada's forests actually emit more carbon than they absorb — despite what you've heard on Facebook
Which is simple logic, after all. The carbon that a tree takes into itself while it's growing gets released when it dies and decomposes - and (thanks to wildfires and insect infestations) there have been a lot more trees dying than being planted in the last couple of decades.
Does anybody have relevant statistics for other forests?
If you want to use trees to sequester carbon, you have to keep them from decomposing after they die. Build buildings out of wood, Buy and use wooden furniture. Buy books instead of using the Internet for everything - and keep the books (preferably on wooden bookshelves). And so on.
I think I read something similar in my one of the Science of Discworld book.
"This is Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. I regret to report that both our Jedi Order and the Republic, have fallen with a dark shadow of the Empire rising to take their place. This message is a warning and a reminder for any surviving Jedi. Trust in The Force. Do not return to the Temple... that time has past. And our future is uncertain. We will each be challenged. Our trust. Our faith. Our friendships. But we must persevere. And in time, a new hope will emerge. May the Force be with you, always."