Re:Drones that can plant 100k trees a day
by westurner on Monday January 29, 2018 @05:11PM
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> It’s simple maths. We are chopping down about 15 billion trees a year and planting about 9 billion. So there’s a net loss of 6 billion trees a year.
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This is a regional thing [0] though. We need to plant the trees in Latin America, Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The rest of the world is gaining forests.
[0] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/03/23/deforestation-whe...
Re:Drones that can plant 100k trees a day
by loverofthings on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @02:52AM
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Now, the question is, which industry sector cuts the largest percentage of trees. Now, answering that question, is there a way to do the same thing without cutting trees?
Answering that question and then executing a business plan is probably worth billions.
Planting trees to combat 6 billion trees lost every year is a pure expense, no profit to be made at all. At least not if you won't cut them down a few decades later.