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We can handle fires if we plant those forests. We could engineer the buffers to stop the spreading, and develop infrastructure for early detection and extinguis
by jmiskovic 7y ago
We can handle fires if we plant those forests. We could engineer the buffers to stop the spreading, and develop infrastructure for early detection and extinguishing. Not saying it's easy, but can be done if everything depends on it.
- robomartin 7y agoYou are probably right. Having seen gigantic fires in CA I think it is important to take fire mitigation very seriously. One good forest fire can erase years of progress. To put things into context and quantify...we know wild fires have produced, on average, 8 billion tons of CO2 per year for the past 20 years. That is fully 25% of total annual CO2 emission, which sits somewhere around 32 billion tons per year. That’s a very serious contribution that makes some of the things politicians focus on absolutely laughable. If we plant trillions of trees and, at some time in the future, experience a massive forest fire we could easily move backwards several decades. What I am saying is that fire mitigation has to be a first class concern when we speak of reforestation.
- robomartin 7y agoHere’s another interesting take on the subject... https://youtu.be/pBbvehbomrY https://youtu.be/pBbvehbomrY