I hate blanket statements like the idea that planting trees will save the world.

It all depends on which tree, where they plant it and how one maintains the trees.

When one looks at most trees in the city, one finds that the city will release more carbon into the atmoshere than the tree will ever sequestor. A prime exampe are the trees planted beneath power lines which have to be trimmed on a regular basis.

I like the term "blood carbon."

The sad truth is that some environmentalists want to see the people displaced. The most rabid environmentalists like seeing businesses shut down and people moved from their homes.

It is a great sense of power.

Personally, I believe that local people are the solution. People who carefully study the local resources are the ones best positioned to preserve nature as their seek to optimize the use of the local resources.

!WINE

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