Random Thoughts — 11

What if I told you there was a way to pull enough CO2 out of the atmosphere to cool the planet down over the next century. How many lives would you be willing to sacrifice to save the FUTURE?

The forests in the East are absorbing far more carbon than those in the West. This is the effect of changing land use patterns after the Civil War. These forests are now entering their peak years of carbon removal from the atmosphere.

So,

I have been thinking about the Climate Crisis that’s going on and trying to see a realistic path forward. A “real solution” that could be done with current tech, would require NO construction of massive numbers of Carbon Sequestration Stations, and could get us to “Net Zero” immediately. It seemed impossible.

Then today, something in my head clicked and I saw a way it could be done.

I was reading an interview with the author of “Forests Adrift: Currents Shaping the Future of Northeastern Trees”. Which is a great book BTW.

The northeastern United States is one of the most densely forested regions in the country, yet its history of growth, destruction, and renewal are for the most part poorly understood — even by specialists. In this engaging look at both the impermanence and the resilience of the northeastern forest ecosystems, Charles D. Canham provides a synthesis of modern ecological research and explores critical threats that include…