Desertification
03-09-2013, 06:29 PM
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Desertification
Really interesting TED talk:
Allan Savory: How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change - YouTube
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Allan Savory: How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change - YouTube
03-09-2013, 07:37 PM
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Yes, very interesting. First, the guy admits he is responsible for killing 40,000 elephants. Second, he says that burning one hector of grass gives off the same amount of fossil fuels as 6,000 cars!!! And in Africa they're burning a billion hectors a year.
Seems to me that my pickup truck has nothing to do with climate change. And even he admitted, caught himself, and quickly corrected with "maybe not as much as we thought", or something to that effect.
I grew up in rural Kentucky. Our forests there have changed since I was a kid. As a kid, you could walk through them. They were open and not very dense. Today, they're like a jungle as the trees and vegetation has grown like mad. Climate change? I don't know. Is the forest returning back to its normal state? I don't know.
Seems to me that my pickup truck has nothing to do with climate change. And even he admitted, caught himself, and quickly corrected with "maybe not as much as we thought", or something to that effect.
I grew up in rural Kentucky. Our forests there have changed since I was a kid. As a kid, you could walk through them. They were open and not very dense. Today, they're like a jungle as the trees and vegetation has grown like mad. Climate change? I don't know. Is the forest returning back to its normal state? I don't know.
03-10-2013, 06:32 AM
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Yes, very interesting. First, the guy admits he is responsible for killing 40,000 elephants. Second, he says that burning one hector of grass gives off the same amount of fossil fuels as 6,000 cars!!! And in Africa they're burning a billion hectors a year.
Seems to me that my pickup truck has nothing to do with climate change. And even he admitted, caught himself, and quickly corrected with "maybe not as much as we thought", or something to that effect.
I grew up in rural Kentucky. Our forests there have changed since I was a kid. As a kid, you could walk through them. They were open and not very dense. Today, they're like a jungle as the trees and vegetation has grown like mad. Climate change? I don't know. Is the forest returning back to its normal state? I don't know.
Seems to me that my pickup truck has nothing to do with climate change. And even he admitted, caught himself, and quickly corrected with "maybe not as much as we thought", or something to that effect.
I grew up in rural Kentucky. Our forests there have changed since I was a kid. As a kid, you could walk through them. They were open and not very dense. Today, they're like a jungle as the trees and vegetation has grown like mad. Climate change? I don't know. Is the forest returning back to its normal state? I don't know.
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03-10-2013, 05:27 PM
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I thought it was interesting too. I just hope he is right. He's been very wrong before. I wonder if there's enough livestock to simulate the once roaming herds of wild animals?
Even if he's found a way to return the effects of desertification, I still believe there are many forces involved that which we still don't understand.
I have a solution for "global warming." All we need to do is build a sun shade and put it in between us and the sun. It wouldn't have to be that large. We just need to reduce the solar energy coming to earth by a tiny amount. Presto, things cool down.
I pretty sure we could build an array of panels in space which cast a small unnoticeable shadow on earth.
Even if he's found a way to return the effects of desertification, I still believe there are many forces involved that which we still don't understand.
I have a solution for "global warming." All we need to do is build a sun shade and put it in between us and the sun. It wouldn't have to be that large. We just need to reduce the solar energy coming to earth by a tiny amount. Presto, things cool down.
I pretty sure we could build an array of panels in space which cast a small unnoticeable shadow on earth.
