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Re:Defying gravity, 2022 Climate Tech VC funding totals $70.... by izzydata on Sunday January 08, 2023 @05:31PM (#34304002)
I bet if you spent $70 billion on planting trees it could do something.
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Re:Defying gravity, 2022 Climate Tech VC funding totals $70.... by s1artibartfast on Sunday January 08, 2023 @08:14PM (#34305493)
I bet you could also do 70 billion on planting trees and do nothing or worse, spend a lot of money and carbon and have a negative impact.

The devil is in the details

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Re:Defying gravity, 2022 Climate Tech VC funding totals $70.... by vasco on Sunday January 08, 2023 @08:20PM (#34305531)
Yeah, destroy those ecosystems. Most tree planting projects are either scams or leave the local area worse off than when it started, unless it's replanting efforts on burned areas. And even then when done at a large scale to accommodate the feel-good goals of some startup, tree diversity is also not valued, and so again the ecosystem gets worse than when it started.
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Re:Defying gravity, 2022 Climate Tech VC funding totals $70.... by Fervicus on Sunday January 08, 2023 @08:30PM (#34305601)
"In the last week I've started to receive inquiries from people running tree planting programs wanting my help. I am suggesting that they shut down their programs. Here I will explain why:" - [0]

[0] - https://twitter.com/ForrestFleisch1/status/14440088233506037...

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