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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Replying to @MorlockP
trees cause rain what am I missing this is literally true through the magic of transpiration
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Replying to @djinnius
Autistically correct, but more broadly I correct. The classical use of the concept is "trees pull in rainclouds and increase net rainfall", not "trees pull water from ground and then transpire it out". It was a 19th century idea that lead to dustbowls.
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How did "trees cause rainfall" lead to dustbowls?
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Replying to @ANiculitcheff @djinnius
And also "The Man Who Planted Trees"
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