Ethiopia Plants 350M Trees in One Day to Combat Drought and Climate Change

Re:Ethiopia Plants 350M Trees in One Day to Combat Drought a... by neltnerb on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @09:37AM (#20564684)

And it doesn't hurt that it probably slightly improves global warming and planting trees isn't very costly. Especially in places where labor is inexpensive.

Why would they not do this is often a question I've been left with after talking to climate change nihilists. No, it won't fix global warming. But it doesn't cost very much, helps their population and economy, and makes a dent in global warming.

At least they're not turning off perfectly functional nuclear power plants like in so-sophisticated Germany. They're reforesting. Do what you can and try not to make things worse.

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Re:Ethiopia Plants 350M Trees in One Day to Combat Drought a... by saalweachter on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @09:54AM (#20564851)

As software developer, you should also be comfortable with the concept that there is no silver bullet[0] and sometimes you just have to use a lot of lead bullets.[1]

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Silver_Bullet [1] https://a16z.com/2011/11/13/lead-bullets/

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Re:Ethiopia Plants 350M Trees in One Day to Combat Drought a... by bayesian_horse on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @02:31AM (#20572129)

Those perfectly functional nuclear power plants have a tendency to blow up a lot more often than predicted. After a couple of theoretically impossible accidents people get a bit nervous.

And they produce perfectly radioactive nuclear waste nobody knows what to do with right now...

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