[ctdonath2]

contains about 75 times more carbon than the amount released into the atmosphere each year by the burning of fossil fuels

Um...so? what's the connection? All that stored carbon is NOT going to suddenly be released atmospherically in 2007. Fact is, it's mostly just gonna sit there.

[CedarDave]

Um...so? what's the connection? All that stored carbon is NOT going to suddenly be released atmospherically in 2007. Fact is, it's mostly just gonna sit there.

Thank you. Glad you pointed out the obvious. Using that reasoning, we should immediately pave over all green areas to prevent release of carbon from anything organic. Jeeez...