Timothy Birdnow

Well whatdya know?

Turns out the forests do better with more carbon dioxide - and they take more of it when there is more to be had.

In other words, we have a negative feedback that restrains CO2 growth in the atmosphere. Whoda thunk it?

We are seeing increased greening all over the globe, which has dropped planetary albedo (reflectivity) in the process. The Gang Green - the radical environmentalists - argue this is a terrible thing and blame the drop in albedo on melting glaciers and ice caps (which really isn't happening - some are melting but others growing and thus it pretty much balances out) but the reality is there are lots of places that are now seeing lush green vegetation where there was once bare dirt or sand. Of course irrigation makes a big difference for that. Israel, for instance, is now a verdant, lush place thanks to irrigation. When it was primarily a Muslim area it was a wasteland.

At any rate we are seeing accelerated tree growth.

My story below discusses how environmentalists want to build a massive solar farm in the New York Finer Lakes and will cut down huge amounts of acreage with virgin forests, forests which act as a carbon dioxide sink. But they are more eager to get their ridiculous "renewable" energy sources in place than in actually doing something for the environment.

More robust forest growth is a good thing in my humble opinion. But of course the Greens can never be happy about anything.

Hide Comments | Add Comment