The paper effectively makes the point that it’s financially impossible to offset enough carbon to compensate for future fossil fuel burning, said Daphne Yin, director of land policy at Carbon180, where her team advocates for U.S. policy support for land-based carbon removal. And the idea that companies would be required to account for the downstream emissions from the fossil fuel they extract is a “fantasy,” she said.
No, I want to plant trees because it helps to have a resilient ecosystem that’s more safe in case of a cascade collapse. I want to plant trees because they provide shade in the summer. Because they improve the soil. Because they help prevent floods. Because they give birds food and shelter. Because they are fucking PRETTY.
Can we start thinking about the whole thing instead of acting as if i single problems that are not interconnected?
Plant some fucking trees, even if they are not just carbon sequestration batteries.
I hate how their is this (seemingly purposefully) effort to just talk about carbon, probably because it’s an abstract invisible gas that nobody really can imagine. The problem is so, so much larger and loss of habitat is a huge fucking problem. Bird and insect populations are fucking plummeting and nobody seems to give a single shit or ever thinks about the ramifications.
Plant trees, and everything else. Wild native flowers are nice too. I want a world that is teeming with life, not some barren wasteland.
Plant a tree, let it be, don’t mow around it, leave the leaves, and when it dies or breaks, also leave it there, it’s all alive!
No one said don’t plant trees.