Activists such as Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates have thrown their weight, and checkbooks, behind the practice of cutting down trees and burying them to address fears over carbon emissions.
Through his foundation Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Mr. Gates is a part of the $6.6 million seed investor pool backing Kodama Systems in its proposal to remove trees in California's fire-challenged woodlands and bury them in Nevada to sequester carbon dioxide (CO2).
"We must dramatically accelerate forest thinning treatments," the Boston-based firm says on its website. Kodama calls itself a "technology-driven forest restoration service."
Climate Activists Seek to Save the Planet by Cutting, Burying Trees | The Epoch Times
Mr. Gates is well known for his headline-grabbing methods of addressing his climate concerns—from buying up vast swaths of U.S. farmland to backing wild-card experiments such as solar geoengineering and, most recently, criticizing tree planting as a viable means of reducing CO2.
During The New York Times Climate Forward Summit in September, the billionaire didn't hesitate to share his thoughts on the role of planting trees to mitigate climate concerns, calling it "complete nonsense."
In an interview with NY Times reporter David Gelles, Mr. Gates responded dismissively to the idea that planting more trees can reverse adverse climate effects.
"That's complete nonsense ... I mean, are we the science people, or are we the idiots?" Mr. Gates asked rhetorically.
CUTWORM-I'm going with they are idiots.
A whole lota expense and diesel smoke created from the trucks & excavators. I wonder if a gov grant involved or something.
"CUTWORM-I'm going with they are idiots."
Agree, cutworm! They certainly are the ANTI science idiots!
Prescribed burns are one of the most effective tools for promoting ecological resilience in the face of wildfire. Prescribed burns consume downed branches and dense understory plants to reduce the fuel available for future approaching wildfires, while also providing numerous benefits to the ecosystem.
Fire eliminates many of the understory fuels more efficiently than other mechanical options, returns nutrients to the soil, and can stimulate the growth of a wide array of native fire-adapted species. In February of 2020, Sempervirens Fund and our San Vicente Redwood partners teamed up with Cal Fire to perform a prescribed burn within the shaded fuel break in the San Vicente Redwoods along the ridgeline of Empire Grade. This burn mitigated the impacts of the CZU fire, while the surrounding areas were impacted by high-severity burns where fewer trees survived, the treated area was not: you can see healthy trees and green canopy growing on the treated area.
Shaded fuel breaks thin understory vegetation while the overstory trees are left to shade the area and keep it cool, damp, and with slower regrowth. These strategic gaps in vegetation act like speed bumps to fire and likely decreased the heat and speed of the CZU fire at San Vicente Redwoods as it neared neighborhoods close by. Native Stewardship Corps members from the Amah Mutsun Land Trust and volunteers with the Bonny Doon Safe Fire Council have helped thin dense thickets of debris, with significant funding from Cal Fire, Coastal Conservancy, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and other agencies. To help slow the spread of fast-moving wildfires, crews will cut over 11 miles of shaded fuel breaks along roads and ridges and have thinned, or have plans to thin, over 500 acres throughout the forest.
Some areas are too densely overgrown, from past clear cut logging and decades of fire suppression, to feasibly utilize a prescribed burn. By strategically thinning smaller trees spaced too closely together, more space is created between trees which can slow a fire’s spread as well as allow remaining trees to grow larger and more resilient to fires ahead.
Bill Gates will never be the same
Started by metmike - May 22, 2021, 11:39 p.m.
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/69834/
Blocking the sun is truly retarded, deranged and extremely dangerous science that falls in line with their theme/mentality "We have to destroy the planet to save it!!"
We should note that its often the ones that are personally responsible for causing the most real pollution AND the most CO2 emissions that tell everybody else what they need to do.
https://time.com/6258126/solar-geoengineering-billionaries-george-soros/
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The BENEFICIAL CARBON cycle
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/99793/
The diagram below is missing the minerals in the soil as a MAJOR contributor. However, their anti science solutions to the fake climate crisis (the current climate optimum for life) includes reducing 2 of the most important elements contributing to photosynthesis AND WORLD FOOD PRODUCTION!!!
Less Sun = Less Food for all life
Less CO2 = Less Food for all life
That is indisputable!
