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Some trees actually require fire to reproduce. So stopping fires isn't too logical, but controlled burns similar to the Native American's approach is the way to do it. This allows the circle of life to continue without a colossal impact on the surrounding areas.
The kinds of fires we're seeing aren't healthy, they obliterate all life and leave nothing behind.
Planting trees won't fix that.
Doing controlled burns will prevent the fires getting to this extent. Nonetheless, it's not a singular focus here, tree's uptake CO~2~ and you know one big factor to these outlandish fires? The increasingly hot temperatures as a result of CO~2~ levels.
Trees alone are not anywhere near enough to lower CO~2~ levels lol
Until emissions peak it is only going to get worse. Planting trees is a joke solution made up by unserious people who just want to appear like they're doing something and don't want to actually solve the problem.
Ahh, right... Perfection only, progress is ridiculous. Might as well just give the money to the US military then, which is far and away the biggest single contributor to the climate crisis.
lol do you think this is progressing anywhere? Really? Do you think this is going to lead to greater action on the part of the US government?
Don't be ridiculous. The US government is an enemy of the planet, this tree planting bullshit is meant to placate you.
You know, just wearing a seatbelt is not enough to keep you from being killed in a car wreck, so might as well not wear it, eh?
This is more like looping the seatbelt over your shoulder to fool cops into thinking you're clicked in 😏
Are you suggesting that less trees is better for the environment? Because that's what it looks like you're saying
I'm saying this shit doesn't matter. It's greenwashing, so y'all can pretend like the US government gives a fuck.
Weird take but ok
Could you provide some articles or similar for those interested in learning about the huge impact you're describing?
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/on-the-dot-climate-change-makes-it-difficult-for-forests-recover-from-fierce-fires/
Fires are burning hotter, longer, and the period after the fire is dryer and hotter too.
Climate change is killing our forests and planting trees will not fix this.
It's not just climate change, it's a lack of forest management, combined with fire prevention against smaller fires. This allows for dangerous underbrush and small trees to grow uncontrolled. Then when a forest fire hits, it has way more fuel than it should and completely obliterates everything, instead of just burning out the underbrush and providing the conditions needed for pine cones to open and spread their seeds.
Yup, and planting a billion more trees to mismanage isn't going to help.
Or maybe planting a bunch of trees and properly managing them might. We know there is definitely a huge need for them (at the very least as a carbon sink and cooling the surroundings), and that there will be issues keeping them from from having fires in future, but the benefits to planting a billion (even if they very clearly are planting that many as a bit of an attention getter) are numerous and can outweight the risk.
lol
You are right about one thing, the US does not yet have a decarbonization strategy - it is like a motor that is not quite starting; banging on a cylinder here or there but not yet running (may this analogy be completely indecipherable in another generation). But maybe things are starting to change a little?