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Clear cutting 12000 year old forest for barely profitable lignite

• toodlebunions 10y ago
  In another 12,000 years it might grow back.
  • douche 10y ago
    Forests come back a helluva lot quicker than most people think. In this case, where they are pit-mining, you might be looking at a hundred years or so, rather than the 20-30 if they had just clear-cut it and let it grow back.
    • cannonpr 10y ago
      That's not entirely true, unless you only consider the visual aspects of the forest a human can perceive. If you include the microbiome and soil along with the fauna and species diversity. Those are unlikely to ever return except in terms of far longer periods, if ever.