Re: Wooden houses a great start... Archived Message Posted by David Macilwain on October 7, 2019, 12:12 am, in reply to "Re: Wooden houses a great start..." Yes you could be right Ken - but didn't want to overstate the amount when I see the thousands of tonnes of timber in forests around me - or for that matter the hundreds of tonnes in trees we planted here 30 years ago. It's just that actually sequestering Carbon, even temporarily, is so difficult compared with simply not digging up coal. There are a hundred reasons to plant trees, including for their fantastic usefulness as timber and firewood, but using them to sequester carbon is relatively a minor consideration as long as we continue to dig up and burn coal oil gas and peat... Message Thread: | This response ↓ Why Planting Trees Won't Save the Planet - scrabb October 5, 2019, 2:25 pm Yeah, but the planet doesn't neeed 'saving', that would be *us* - mack October 5, 2019, 5:09 pm Re: Yeah, but the planet doesn't neeed 'saving', that would be *us* - scrabb October 5, 2019, 5:50 pm Re: Yeah, but the planet doesn't neeed 'saving', that would be *us* - dereklane October 5, 2019, 6:12 pm Re: Yeah, but the planet doesn't neeed 'saving', that would be *us* - mack October 5, 2019, 8:27 pm For god's sake don't get into 'dark matter/energy' mack! A substanceless willo'thewisp if ever - Rhisiart Gwilym October 5, 2019, 9:21 pm Doesn't matter? - Gerard October 6, 2019, 2:13 pm Old, wrong argument. And it says nothing about the sheep. [Sheep? Yes really!] - - Rhisiart Gwilym October 5, 2019, 5:47 pm PS: Everything that Mack says. Norm needs to get out (into the woods) more. NOM - Rhisiart Gwilym October 5, 2019, 5:50 pm There's something else though - the CAPTURE part of the equation.. - David Macilwain October 6, 2019, 2:39 am Um, its a steady state even without burying ... - Shyaku October 5, 2019, 7:49 pm Apropos, presentation from Allan Savory - - Rhisiart Gwilym October 5, 2019, 8:26 pm And more confirmation from a long-time colleague of Allan, working in Texas - - Rhisiart Gwilym October 5, 2019, 11:25 pm Shy, trees DON'T release 'most of their carbon' back into the air when they die. I speak from direct - Rhisiart Gwilym October 5, 2019, 8:56 pm Back to the question - scrabb October 6, 2019, 1:53 am Re: Back to the question - mack October 6, 2019, 1:27 pm Re: Back to the question - Gerard October 6, 2019, 2:20 pm Yes, point taken ... - Shyaku October 8, 2019, 6:25 am Re: Um, its a steady state even without burying ... - Gerard October 6, 2019, 2:17 pm Apologies to all, but I agree with Dr Gray. Forests are a temporary repository.. - David Macilwain October 6, 2019, 2:07 am What is the result of wooden furniture covered with lacquer or polish - if retained as antiques does - CJ October 6, 2019, 4:30 am What you can know with certainty, CJ, is that until the advent of the Industrial Revolution, the CO2 - Rhisiart Gwilym October 6, 2019, 8:46 am Wooden houses a great start... - David Macilwain October 6, 2019, 12:08 pm Re: Wooden houses a great start... - Ken Waldron October 6, 2019, 12:30 pm Re: Wooden houses a great start... - David Macilwain October 7, 2019, 12:12 am what is the split between fungi and termites (the latter would have been in the "paper"insect number - CJ October 9, 2019, 2:38 pm Sure, as 'temporary' as the forests/grasslands themselves. So let them persist permanently. Where's - Rhisiart Gwilym October 6, 2019, 8:06 am Thanks RG - and very conscious of that... - David Macilwain October 6, 2019, 12:20 pm Re: Thanks RG - and very conscious of that... - dereklane October 6, 2019, 5:58 pm Well, I've planted a couple of dozen horse-chestnut and hawthorn seeds today. Always makes me feel - Rhisiart Gwilym October 6, 2019, 8:34 pm Re: Apologies to all, but I agree with Dr Gray. Forests are a temporary repository.. - Shyaku October 8, 2019, 6:51 am I didn't say that growing forest is the best sequesterer of carbon.. - David Macilwain October 8, 2019, 1:27 pm Re: I didn't say that growing forest is the best sequesterer of carbon.. - dereklane October 8, 2019, 3:14 pm I caught the Pledge yesterday from Skynews ( it's a bit like the plague which only affects the - CJ October 8, 2019, 3:46 pm Burning and planting.. - Shyaku October 9, 2019, 3:23 am   Searching