In article ,
KLC Lewis wrote:

"Dave" wrote in message
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On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:13:23 -0400, krj said:

And why has Al Gore et al failed to mention the thousands of rain forest
that falls to logging and slash and burn every day.

Trying to justify bad behavior by pointing at other bad behavior?

Planting trees is one of the best things we can do to "help the
environment." Creating an aribitrary and utterly impossible law requiring
the US to reduce CO2 emmissions by 90% by 2050 is simply absurd. Makes much
more sense to stop killing "the lungs of the Earth" than it does to force
people to stop exhaling.

From what I've read, the best method to actually have a significant
effect on the rate of global warming is to take both personal action
and have gov't take action. The personal action doesn't have to be
that terrible. For example, swapping out CFBs for regular lightbulbs
would make a huge difference. I believe GE is phasing them out in the
next few years. On the gov't side, it works best if market forces are
used/encouraged. For example, being able to trade carbon credits would
create a market incentive to reduce greenhouse gasses. We really need
a realistic cap and a trading system.

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"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
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In article ,
KLC Lewis wrote:

"Dave" wrote in message
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On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:13:23 -0400, krj said:

And why has Al Gore et al failed to mention the thousands of rain forest
that falls to logging and slash and burn every day.

Trying to justify bad behavior by pointing at other bad behavior?

Planting trees is one of the best things we can do to "help the
environment." Creating an aribitrary and utterly impossible law requiring
the US to reduce CO2 emmissions by 90% by 2050 is simply absurd. Makes
much
more sense to stop killing "the lungs of the Earth" than it does to force
people to stop exhaling.

From what I've read, the best method to actually have a significant
effect on the rate of global warming is to take both personal action
and have gov't take action. The personal action doesn't have to be
that terrible. For example, swapping out CFBs for regular lightbulbs
would make a huge difference. I believe GE is phasing them out in the
next few years. On the gov't side, it works best if market forces are
used/encouraged. For example, being able to trade carbon credits would
create a market incentive to reduce greenhouse gasses. We really need
a realistic cap and a trading system.

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Capt. JG @@
www.sailnow.com



I actually don't think anything we do will have an impact on global climate
change. I think we should plant trees just because we've deforested a
significant portion of the earth which was green only two hundred years ago.
A matter of balance. It makes the world better for us, better for the
creatures we share the Earth with. Then there will be more of them for us to
eat.

I believe I read, however, that all the trees on land don't come close to
absorbing as much CO2 as the oceans do. All that limestone has to come from
somewhere. Calcium carbonate from ocean critters dying and falling to the
bottom of the sea. A never-ending cycle. Hopefully, that is.

In article ,
KLC Lewis wrote:
I actually don't think anything we do will have an impact on global climate
change. I think we should plant trees just because we've deforested a
significant portion of the earth which was green only two hundred years ago.
A matter of balance. It makes the world better for us, better for the
creatures we share the Earth with. Then there will be more of them for us to
eat.

Then you need to read some of the literature on the subject... g

I believe I read, however, that all the trees on land don't come close to
absorbing as much CO2 as the oceans do. All that limestone has to come from
somewhere. Calcium carbonate from ocean critters dying and falling to the
bottom of the sea. A never-ending cycle. Hopefully, that is.

I believe that's right or something like that.

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