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Tree farming is probably one of the biggest issues in the pacific northwest today. They spray Glyphosate (round up) after every forest fire to prevent Aspen fro
by soperj 5y ago
Tree farming is probably one of the biggest issues in the pacific northwest today. They spray Glyphosate (round up) after every forest fire to prevent Aspen from growing (a natural firebreak), and then they plant GMO pine monocultures. This + pine beetle + putting out any small forest fires, lead to massive fuel build ups, which leads to massive forest fires (and subsequent flooding in the winter). It's definitely not sustainable.
- dataflow 5y agoNote that "is possible to do sustainably" and "is possible to do unsustainably" are not mutually exclusive.
- thfuran 5y agoNote that the claim actually being addressed was that we've been doing it sustainably, not merely that we could of we wanted to.
- wizzwizz4 5y agoWe have been doing it sustainably for hundreds of years. We've also been doing it unsustainably for a while, too. Different things happen in different places.