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I bet if you spent $70 billion on planting trees it could do something.
by izzydata 4y ago
I bet if you spent $70 billion on planting trees it could do something.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoI bet you could also do 70 billion on planting trees and do nothing or worse, spend a lot of money and carbon and have a negative impact. The devil is in the details
- vasco 4y agoYeah, destroy those ecosystems. Most tree planting projects are either scams or leave the local area worse off than when it started, unless it's replanting efforts on burned areas. And even then when done at a large scale to accommodate the feel-good goals of some startup, tree diversity is also not valued, and so again the ecosystem gets worse than when it started.
- Fervicus 4y ago"In the last week I've started to receive inquiries from people running tree planting programs wanting my help. I am suggesting that they shut down their programs. Here I will explain why:" - [0] [0] - https://twitter.com/ForrestFleisch1/status/1444008823350603780 https://twitter.com/ForrestFleisch1/status/14440088233506037...