CO2: Don't count on the trees - Part 2


	CO2: Don't count on the trees - Part 2

JICWyllie

10-30-2007 7:46 AM

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environment, forests, i-climate change, i-consequences

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10-30-2007 10:48 AM

bignosemousie

It has long been assumed that forests will be the "get out of jail free card" we need to help soak up spiralling carbon dioxide emissions.

I had a dream years ago that people had to buy plants to oxygenate their homes because we had paved over so much land. The plants were really expensive. Yikes.

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