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Well, you know what? Plants reproduce, too. And, BTW, trees don't stop growing. They keep adding mass in their trunks. Literally the first google hit for "d
by pmiller2 6y ago
Well, you know what? Plants reproduce, too.
And, BTW, trees don't stop growing. They keep adding mass in their trunks. Literally the first google hit for "do trees stop growing": https://earthsky.org/earth/what-makes-a-tree-stop-growing https://earthsky.org/earth/what-makes-a-tree-stop-growing
Edit: guess what? They even grow faster as they get older! https://www.npr.org/2014/01/16/262479807/old-trees-grow-faster-with-every-year https://www.npr.org/2014/01/16/262479807/old-trees-grow-fast...
- adrianN 6y agoThat is a different point. Anyway, the land we have is limited. You literally can't cover the planet in one big forest to capture the gigatons of carbon we have released. You have to do active forest management and store the carbon somewhere stable, for example as biochar.
- pmiller2 6y agoReducing the numbers of those pesky humans would help.
- adrianN 6y agoYou can't reduce the number of humans quickly enough without a genocide.
- pmiller2 6y agoDoesn't mean we still don't need to reduce numbers for long term sustainability.
- imtringued 6y agoThat's the one thing climate change is good at once it gets bad. I thought we wanted to avoid this?
- pmiller2 6y agoNo. The one thing we want to avoid is making the Earth into an unlivable hellscape for those who remain alive.