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Well, nobody said "just throw seeds everywhere" either, yet here we are.
"Planting trees is cheap" is the sort of thing people say when they haven't given any thought to why deforestation has occurred in the first place, who has control over that land and whether/where reforestation has been successful.
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If you just want to rag on rich people, try to do it in an intelligent way. There's no status in working on global warming? Have you lost your mind? Look at TED. Look at Davos. Who's Time's Person of the Year?
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You said it right when you said it’s fucking hard to do. And probably much more expensive than the $300bn quoted. Are there 1.2 trillion saplings of the correct species in the proper regions for them to grow, all ready to plant out?
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I said "relatively cheap", as in cheaper than alternatives. Here's a science journal article about it by folks who study the issue much closer than me.https://science.sciencemag.org/content/365/6448/76 …
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What about nuclear? Lot cheaper than trying to forest/reforest massive areas of the globe. The reduction in co2 output by using nuclear instead of fossil fuels, may be enough long term to offset the benefit of more forest.
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Yes, I read the guardian article, and if you consider those other variables, it does sort of read like “throw seeds everywhere they might grow and hope for the best”.
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