The Vancouver Sun had an interesting piece about the co-founder of Greenpeace, Dr. Patrick Moore. He mentions in this text that the environment will be supported the most with planting new trees and using more wood. A new, young tree pulls CO2 from the atmosphere at a much faster rate than the old tree, as the last one is already full with CO2.
His best quote for me is this: ‘To address climate change, we must use more wood, not less. Using wood sends a signal to the marketplace to grow more trees and to produce more wood. That means we can then use less concrete, steel and plastic — heavy carbon emitters through their production. Trees are the only abundant, biodegradable and renewable global resource.’
It seems to me that most environmentalist have a wrong view about the solution for the issues they speak about. The most I ever did was sending Greenpeace some money, so I really have no right to say they are wrong. They fight for something they believe in. However, in the fight, most of the time you lose track of why and how. Fighting against, isn’t my idea of a solution, but that’s a different story.
Found through digg.com
