South West trains doesn't want cyclists as 'customers'... - Page 10

"Alan J. Flavell" <flavell@ph.gla.ac.uk> wrote in message
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>
> Absorption of CO2 by trees works only if the amount of
> vegetable matter is continually increasing. Even then,
> AIUI it's not clear that forestation initiatives are going
> to make a major difference on the overall CO2 economy
> (don't get me wrong - I'm not for a moment suggesting that
> de-forestation is a good idea!).

Trees grow by absorbing CO2, hence the amount of vegetable
matter automatically increases.

Eventually you have to crop the forest, and replace it by
new planting. The cycle re-commences.

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In news:ccv53a$3h6$3@hercules.btinternet.com,
Terry Harper <Terry.Harper@btinternet.com> typed:
> "Alan J. Flavell" <flavell@ph.gla.ac.uk> wrote in
> message news:Pine.LNX.4.53.0407121954000.32093@ppepc56.-
> ph.gla.ac.uk...
>>
>> Absorption of CO2 by trees works only if the amount of
>> vegetable matter is continually increasing. Even then,
>> AIUI it's not clear that forestation initiatives are
>> going to make a major difference on the overall CO2
>> economy (don't get me wrong - I'm not for a moment
>> suggesting that de-forestation is a good idea!).
>
> Trees grow by absorbing CO2, hence the amount of vegetable
> matter automatically increases.
>
> Eventually you have to crop the forest, and replace it by
> new planting. The cycle re-commences.

What happens to the trees that you cut down? How much
methane is created when they decompose?

A

In news:Pine.LNX.4.53.0407122354530.326...6.ph.gla.ac.uk,
Alan J. Flavell <flavell@ph.gla.ac.uk> typed:
> On Mon, 12 Jul 2004, Ambrose Nankivell wrote:
>
>> Jon Senior <jon_AT_restlesslemon_DOTco_DOT_uk> typed:
>>> And while I do consider most Americans to be "animals"
>>
>> racist.
>
> You consider them to be vegetables, perhaps?

I consider 'animals' to be unnecessarily unspecific. I do
understand about the warm blood flowing through the large
four chambered heart maintaining the very high* metabolism
rate they have, though, which means they are members of the
class mammal which is a member(indirectly) of the animal
kingdom. However, it's considered rude to call people
animals except in a biological context.

A

*sadly not high enough, in over 25% of US cases.