Bushfires Release over Half Australia’s Annual Carbon Emissions
Reforestation is not a viable solution to climate change. This should be a wake up call to anyone who thinks planting trees will fix anything. As global temperature rises, these kinds of wildfires will become more and more frequent and we are not equipped to stop them. At this point scientists aren&#x27;t even sure if forests are a net carbon sink or source after accounting for increasing wildfires.<p>At best, forests are not carbon <i>sinks</i>, they are carbon <i>stores</i>. The only way to turn them into sinks is to cut down fully grown trees and do something with them that will prevent the release of their carbon content back into the environment. If they burn or if they rot, they release all the carbon back into the environment.<p>The scariest thing about climate change isn&#x27;t the deniers, it&#x27;s that most of the people who identify as activists, are active towards ineffective measures. If global climate policy doesn&#x27;t involve a massive rollout of nuclear to power electrochemical sequestration alongside a steep carbon tax, we might as well just roll over now.<p>An average of 5 billion people has spent an average of 100 years burning various fossil fuels to provide their energy which brought Co2 from ~300ppm to ~400ppm. There&#x27;s no way to solve climate change without repaying that energy debt.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en-roads.climateinteractive.org&#x2F;scenario.html?v=2.7.6" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en-roads.climateinteractive.org&#x2F;scenario.html?v=2.7....</a>