Agreed, but shitty, self-serving execution isn’t a tree specific issue. It’s a shitty capitalist company putting profit above preventing global catastrophe issue. Unless that’s prevented, they’ll do the same to every sequestration method possible.

You don’t need continual replanting - they have seeds, remember?

That’s what I was implying with the bit about “trees accomplishing replanting themselves”, but I can see how that’s not clear.

Overall I super agree. My grad studies (put vaguely so I don’t dox my ass) were the microbiological aspect of a project examining carbon cycling in various growth stages of forest. Some people shit on trees as a method of carbon sequestration but a healthy, diverse forest can really pack it in, especially in early to mid seral stages, and retain it long term.

Plus humans have deforested the hell out of so much of the planet, returning some of it to closer to its previous state has far reaching benefits beyond chipping away at climate change.

Keep in mind that decomposition is for the growth and maintenance of the organisms doing the decomposing, meaning some of that carbon is incorporated into the decomposers, not released to the atmosphere. It would take years or even decades for a dead tree to release most of its captured carbon to the atmosphere. It will eventually happen, though, which is why you need a continual cycle of new growth that helps minimizes net losses due to decomposition.

It’s not perfect but it’s something and done right, which the vast majority of tree carbon credit programs are NOT, is a self perpetuating method of carbon capture.

Trees aren’t completely ineffective at carbon capture, they just need to be used properly and with knowledge of their limitations: much of their carbon will be released rapidly in the event of a fire (around 20% of a tree’s mass is underground, which is why I don’t say all), the carbon they captured will be released over a course of years after they die, and carbon capture rates aren’t static and will sharply decline at a certain point. To keep such a project going requires continual replanting, much of which can be accomplished by the trees themselves if the project is done properly.

Most tree based carbon credits are pure scams and were always intended to cheat the system. Done honestly, we could still use trees for carbon credit but you’d need a LOT more trees per unit credit (compared to current scheme rates if they were even honest) and the project would have to estimate likely potential carbon losses and bake those into the valuation.

You’re giving them a lot of credit by suggesting they even thought about the potential consequences for their consumers.

Fox News? If you don’t believe Fox News, then take some quadruple strength Fox News! If that doesn’t work, I have entire reams of propaganda to show you!

/s

Holy hell that’s dystopian as fuck.

You’re kidding, right? Anyone who isn’t 90% Fox News Flavored Kool Aid knows Trump is notorious for lying to get what he wants, even before his stint in politics.

I curl mine up like a butterfly’s proboscis.

From the article:

After a small bidding war Moore won the cloth fragment for $1,300. He decided not to reveal that fact to his wife, Susan Bowen.

“I didn’t want to tell her because then she’s going to ask me, ‘Where’d you get that and how much did you pay for it?’” he said. “It’s hard for me to lie about that.”

Even after the fragment was delivered, he kept it under wraps until his wife’s son was home.

“He thought it was safer to show me when there was somebody else around,” Bowen said.

As someone previously in an abusive relationship, it’s nothing like a sure sign he’s in one but it’s a red flag.

What a bunch of idiots. A group funded by their politicians that frequently provides them with “model” legislation now has a manifesto regarding how to overthrow democracy and we’re supposed to believe it’s no big deal.

Their advice on pulling another thread is the way to go. Don’t even do something you think is related, just go do something new. You might find it’s related after all.

I saw the same but had a remove option after reloading my cart a few times. Gotta love the fees these services try to sneak in…

We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie. I’m a huge Katamari fan and this port is just fantastic. Great for just relaxing and the soundtrack is fire.

Here’s the ROM: https://incube8games.com/products/kien-gba-digital-edition

That’s exactly how they use the bible too!

It’s the classic conservative condition: I didn’t see it was a problem until it happened to me. So let’s start making it happen to them.

I think what they’re getting at is not every person on the Internet lives in the United States.

This is true. It can be strived for, though, and there are strategies to overcome bias, increase impartiality, and identify bias in others. If the United States supreme court (and really its legal system too) had any integrity, it would champion doing so.

No disrespect perceived, you’re fine. It may be a Southern thing too - my wife is from the South and she also associates it with the seemingly endless dog whistles of her life there.