An Inconvenient Fact

The Vancouver Sun ^ | August 29, 2007 | Patrick Moore

[Positive]

Gosh...it appears that some of the "greeners" are at odds with some of the "warmies"...who'da thunk it?

[cripplecreek]

Moore has been very vocal about the fact that globull warming hysteria is nothing more than poorly disguised anti capitalism.

[Rennes Templar]

The latest theory about global warming is that it’s cause is horses. As heat rises from fresh heaps of horse dung, it warms the atmosphere.

Al Gore has studied this and is doing a film on it, called “An Inconvenient Pile Of Horse Manure”

[Greg F]

Solid article. Makes sense. You can’t have renewable resources and then get upset when you cut the renewable resource down. That’s what makes it renewable and sustainable.

[Holicheese]

I think Dr. Moore just b*tch slapped poor Leo! I hope he isn’t crying in his Prius!

[Positive]

"Moore has been very vocal about the fact that globull warming hysteria is nothing more than poorly disguised anti capitalism."

It would seem though, that extending his argument to the extreme; what we should do is cut down the old growth forest, plant replacements and use the concentrated carbon (wood) to build homes in the desert where trees don't grow.

[goldstategop]

The enviro wackos have devastated the logging industry in the name of - what else? - saving the environment! If there's an environmentally productive activity, I'm hard pressed to think of one that contributes as much both to human welfare and maintaining the health of the ecosystem as logging. But to hear it from the enviro wackos, its as dangerous as nuclear power planets. No kidding!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Wonder Warthog]

"It would seem though, that extending his argument to the extreme; what we should do is cut down the old growth forest, plant replacements and use the concentrated carbon (wood) to build homes in the desert where trees don't grow."

And this would be bad how?? There is nothing magic about "old growth forest". ALL forests should be managed by appropriate cutting of trees. A lot of people seem to get the notion that "forest management" means clear-cutting everything, and planting new trees, which it does not. Preventing proper forest management is the source of most of todays wildfires.

[posterchild]

When a tree rots or burns, the carbon contained in the wood is released back to the atmosphere.

Some of it does, but doesn't some of it also turn to dirt?

[TruthWillWin]

I want a new bumper sticker: “Save the earth, cut down old growth forests.”

[Roberts]

That article seems to speak common sense.

[Positive]

"That article seems to speak common sense."

I agree, that's why I posted it.

As Rush has said said many times, if there is an endangered species; make it a preferred food source and it will prosper.

[xcamel]

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[alwaysconservative]

Great article; thanks for the ping!

[bicyclerepair]

I’m starting a campaign to rename alleged AGW:

Gore-Bull Swarming

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

That’s why power plants need to be built in Africa and other undeveloped parts of the world; the people there are reduced to burning plants to cook and heat their homes.

With all that said... we’re not causing more than a burp in a windstorm of a problem. It’s man-made-up global warming.

[Kevmo]

Although old trees contain huge amounts of carbon, their rate of sequestration has slowed to a near halt. A young tree, although it contains little fixed carbon, pulls CO2 from the atmosphere at a much faster rate.
***Something I didn’t know before. Now I have to verify it because I can’t trust the source.

[sourcery]

Republicans are red,
Democrats are blue,
Environmentalists are Green;
And Greens hate you!

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

Leonardo DiCaprio: When you’ve got the leader of Greenpeace accusing you of using scare tactics, you know you must be a barking lunatic.

[Bob]

Although old trees contain huge amounts of carbon, their rate of sequestration has slowed to a near halt. A young tree, although it contains little fixed carbon, pulls CO2 from the atmosphere at a much faster rate. ***Something I didn’t know before. Now I have to verify it because I can’t trust the source.

On its face, that seems perfectly reasonable.

<speculation>
Consider the growth rates of older trees versus younger ones. As a tree matures, its growth rate slows. A younger tree, growing more rapidly, grows by adding wood to its height and girth (more than than an older tree does). That wood is largely made up of carbon which it has removed (as CO2) from the air.
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IANAA. (I am not an arborist.)