Re: West Antarctica Ice Decreases


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"Sue" <susanhofftman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Feb 2, 2:18 pm, "Redman" <redman1...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Sue" <susanhofft...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message


No not carbon neutral.

Er yes it is, ffs. As trees grow, large amounts of carbon dioxide from
the
atmosphere are fixed during photosynthesis to create the matter of the
tree - which we later burn.

Except that manskind is cutting down forests and not replanting the
trees.
Even more so, in removing the minerals from the forests the same
amount
of trees can not be grown. This is seen dramatically in the Amazon
forest destruction.

The net result is that the carbon dioxide produced by burning wood is
equivalent to that absorbed by the tree in growth, making this fuel
carbon-neutral.

That is theoretical, it does not exist in fact. Overall, mankind has
never
been carbon neutral.


Sue, I described cutting down a few trees and burning them for heating
fuel. Your reply was this:


"So you removed the dead wood, reducing the biomass and burn the stuff
and put still more CO2 into the air. Not nature's way.

Thank you for confessing to be one of the polluters."


Now you are shifting your argument from one category of cutting and
burning for fuel, to wholesale destruction of large scale rainforests,
using slash and burn methods. ...Not the same thing. Are you daft?

You are saying one thing and then shifting it to another -- apples and
oranges. Get with the program girlie, learn to debate on an even field.
You don't get to say one thing and then say I meant this other thing
entirely. You're being ambiguous.

You don't even know if where I live is a rainforest. Actually, I live on
high mountainous chaparral, fringing on northern rainforests a few miles
away.



PS. Some rainforests actuall thrive on burning -- i.e. redwoods are nearly
fire proof, and they use the charcoal and ash remains of other burnt trees
as a nutrient. Look it up... I didn't just make this up.

I have a self-planted redwood tree in my front yard. Every year I throw a
pile of ash under it, near the roots, and it grows another foot or two.




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