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This is an unserious proposal from an increasingly unserious party, proposed as a throwaway idea just as the hottest summer on record shows that we need to be t

by _djo_ 3y ago

This is an unserious proposal from an increasingly unserious party, proposed as a throwaway idea just as the hottest summer on record shows that we need to be taking a much more sober approach to addressing climate change.

brrtbrrt 3y ago
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beej71 3y ago
At least they're stepping away from the idea that humans cannot influence the climate, if we can plant a trillion trees to do so.
- jfengel 3y ago
  They've flirted with it before, only to go dashing back to denialism at the next snowflake. So I suspect this is temporary: "This egregious summer is not a problem. We have a trivial solution so we can go on burning fossil fuels." They hope it will blunt the criticism while continuing the path of doing nothing at all.
- _djo_ 3y ago
  True, though I can just see them making a half-hearted attempt at pushing this through then throwing their hands in the air and saying nothing can be done when it inevitably proves impractical.
  - beej71 3y ago
    I don't have a crystal ball, but I would not bet against you. :)
cscurmudgeon 3y ago
Just because it comes from a side you don't like don't throw it away. This was based on an article published in Science (Trust the science): https://www.science.org/content/article/adding-1-billion-hectares-forest-could-help-check-global-warming https://www.science.org/content/article/adding-1-billion-hec... Here is Al Jazeera reporting on it. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/7/4/best-way-to-fight-climate-change-plant-a-trillion-trees https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/7/4/best-way-to-fight-cl...
- _djo_ 3y ago
  I read the original proposal before posting. It's an interesting idea on its own but it's far from practical and not even the study's authors are claiming it will be a solution to climate change. It's just one more possible mitigation. That the Republican Party is promoting it as a solution in the way they are is what's so unserious.

by _djo_ 3y ago

brrtbrrt 3y ago

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beej71 3y ago

At least they're stepping away from the idea that humans cannot influence the climate, if we can plant a trillion trees to do so.

jfengel 3y ago
They've flirted with it before, only to go dashing back to denialism at the next snowflake. So I suspect this is temporary: "This egregious summer is not a problem. We have a trivial solution so we can go on burning fossil fuels." They hope it will blunt the criticism while continuing the path of doing nothing at all.
_djo_ 3y ago
True, though I can just see them making a half-hearted attempt at pushing this through then throwing their hands in the air and saying nothing can be done when it inevitably proves impractical.
- beej71 3y ago
  I don't have a crystal ball, but I would not bet against you. :)

cscurmudgeon 3y ago

Just because it comes from a side you don't like don't throw it away. This was based on an article published in Science (Trust the science): https://www.science.org/content/article/adding-1-billion-hectares-forest-could-help-check-global-warming https://www.science.org/content/article/adding-1-billion-hec... Here is Al Jazeera reporting on it. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/7/4/best-way-to-fight-climate-change-plant-a-trillion-trees https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/7/4/best-way-to-fight-cl...

_djo_ 3y ago
I read the original proposal before posting. It's an interesting idea on its own but it's far from practical and not even the study's authors are claiming it will be a solution to climate change. It's just one more possible mitigation. That the Republican Party is promoting it as a solution in the way they are is what's so unserious.