[pct-l] global warming???

[yumitori@montana.com (Ron Martino)]

CMountainDave@aol.com wrote:
> 
> How about dead tree harvesting. The forests could be scanned each year for
> dying, dead or disease infested or windfall  trees and replaced with other
> trees. This gets rid of a tree that is no longer absorbing CO2 and makes room
> for one that does. 

	It's not that simple. Dead and dying trees are essential to the health
of the forest as well - they return nutrients to the soil, provide homes
for certain wildlife species, and so forth. If you manage a forest in
the manner you suggest, the result will essentially be a city park.

	Ron
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