[ExI] an unfortunate investment in trees

[Stuart LaForge]

Quoting Dylan Distasio:

> True, I'm not in denial that the ridiculous current temperatures certainly
> make things much worse, but actual forest management experts have known
> what needs to be done, and appear to be ignored once it reaches someone who
> is in charge of actually making that happen.   I'm referring more to the
> popular press that finds it convenient to blame any current natural
> disaster on climate change because it fits the narrative.

The investment in trees was sound, we just didn't sell before the  
bubble burst. Those trees have been sequestering carbon and  
counteracting greenhouse effects for centuries. If we had harvested  
them for lumber or simply bulldozed them under to turn into coal for  
future generations, then we would have removed said carbon from the  
carbon cycle to counteract our burning of fuel.

But alas, we failed because we were too worried about ruining wildlife  
habitats and stuff. I think it is hilarious that we try to treat  
nature with kid gloves while nature itself gives less a shit than a  
honey badger. Now some 200 million tons of CO2 has been released into  
from the fires in California alone. Not to mention all the  
particulates and stuff.

Setting controlled fires is a good method for preventing fires,  
however, logging and selling or bulldozing and burying old-growth  
forests followed by planting new trees would both prevent fires and  
slow global warming. I don't think that environmentalists have yet  
realized that they will not be able to both tread lightly and control  
the climate at the same time. Although I am glad that for the first  
time, the Democratic National Convention has finally embraced nuclear  
energy in its official party platform. That is at least a step in the  
right direction.

Stuart LaForge