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Default Forests losing their ability to absorb carbon

On Thu, 5 Mar 2020 20:33:07 -0700, rbowman wrote:

On 03/05/2020 10:33 AM, dpb wrote:
On 3/5/2020 8:29 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 5 Mar 2020 09:04:37 +0000, Bod wrote:

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Forests act as a carbon sink when the amount of carbon retrieved through
photosynthesis outweighs that emitted by tree loss €“ be that through
fire, drought or deforestation.

...

Well, DOH! Who'da thunka' sucha thinga...

Maybe they should stop burning them


+1


But then they can't raise cheap beef for Big Macs! Certainly you don't
want to forego Big Macs for that Growling Greta environment stuff?



They also need all of that sugar cane for ethanol. They also burn the
cane before they harvest it.