1/ this essay on how (left?) anarchists can roll their own ecological UBI by becoming hunter-gatherer farmers is equal parts (a) fascinating and (b) puzzling. slightly concerned about how people think that trees cause rain are going to succeed at farming thohttps://twitter.com/c4ssdotorg/status/1317920636858224646 …
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hmm I would have to read something by C4SS to determine this, and since that's not going to happen, I'll just take your word for it
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They cited a link to transpiration (not only did I read the essay, but I read the footnotes before snarking), but the gestalt of the essay is the other - Motte and Bailey
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There's a scientific view that tweets cause increase in rainfall. I don't know if that's in scientific dispute, but dissing someone as if this is a ridiculous view seems wrong. https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-09-15/trees-make-rain-ease-drought/10236572 …
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How did "trees cause rainfall" lead to dustbowls?
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He's conflating some things a bit, but the reference is to 'rain follows the plow': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_follows_the_plow …
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