shouldn't we plant billions of trees now?

[naveed]

shouldn't we plant billions of trees now?

oxygen level since 1990

 

[Everybodyknows]

Yes we can't

 

[lesliedellow]

In the first place you would need to find land for all those new forests, when it is constantly being ploughed up to feed the Earth's ever growing population.

In the second place, most of our oxygen comes from plant life in the oceans.

 

[naveed]

National Geographic claims that photosynthesis by phytoplankton (mostly single-celled phototrophs, such as cyanobacteria, green algae and diatoms) account for half of the earth's oxygen production. The other half, they claim, is produced on land by trees.

which is why we shouldn't plant billions of trees now?

yes

 

[lesliedellow]

National Geographic claims that photosynthesis by phytoplankton (mostly single-celled phototrophs, such as cyanobacteria, green algae and diatoms) account for half of the earth's oxygen production. The other half, they claim, is produced on land by trees

It is nearer 70% for the oceans. In any case, we still haven't got land available for all those new forests, so we had better stop turning oxygen into carbon dioxide as fast as we can go.

 

[Desk trauma]

We who? I'm no silviculturealist.

 

[naveed]

Seen from space, the majority of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans – that makes up 71% of the surface of the Earth, with the remaining 29% for land. and what percentage of the Earth's land surface is desert? Deserts make up 33%, or 1/3rd of the land's surface area.

which is why we shouldn't plant billions of trees now?

yes

 

[naveed]

We who?

organisms that need oxygen to survive


which is why we shouldn't plant billions of trees now?

yes

 

[lesliedellow]

Seen from space, the majority of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans – that makes up 71% of the surface of the Earth, with the remaining 29% for land. and what percentage of the Earth's land surface is desert? Deserts make up 33%, or 1/3rd of the land's surface area.

which is why we shouldn't plant billions of trees now?

yes

So how are you planning to turn desert into land able to support plant life?

 

[Desk trauma]

organisms that need oxygen to survive

How many did you plant today?

Additional question, who is the land being confiscated from to plant these new forests?

 

[naveed]

So how are you planning to turn desert into land able to support plant life?

we shouldn't start from the outside and work our way to the center?

which is why we shouldn't plant billions of trees now?

yes

 

[Desk trauma]

we shouldn't start from the outside and work our way to the centre?

How are you funding the massive irrigation and confiscation of land schemes?

 

[lesliedellow]

we shouldn't start from the outside and work our way to the centre?

which is why we shouldn't plant billions of trees now?

yes

It doesn't matter where you start; no rain = no life.

 

[naveed]

How many did you plant

about 47,000 tree so far
target is 154, 000, 000, 000 tree in a life time

 

[Desk trauma]

about 47,000 so far,
target is 154, 000, 000, 000

Best stop posting if you want to get 154 billion trees planted today.

Again, whose land are you taking to plant these new forests?

 

[naveed]

It doesn't matter where you start; no rain = no life.

the majority of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans – that makes up 71% of the surface of the Earth,

using desalination and irrigation

which is why we shouldn't plant billions of trees now?

yes

 

[Desk trauma]

the majority of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans – that makes up 71% of the surface of the Earth,

And are very poor places to plant trees.

 

[lesliedellow]

about 47,000 so far,
target is 154, 000, 000, 000

1,000 trees for every square km of Earth's landmass - including the north and south poles, and deserts.

Good luck with that.

 

[naveed]

How are you funding the massive irrigation and confiscation of land schemes?

how to do we found the $4 trillion we use to bomb third world countries?

 

[Desk trauma]

how to do we found the $4 trillion we use to bomb third world countries?

Military budgets funded by taxation. Now where is your funding coming from?