Phillip, >> ... At the same time, 85% of the world's forests (which are natural >> carbon sinks) have been destroyed or degraded. ...
Could you be a little more specific? I agree with Jim, those numbers seem VERY high and the term "degraded" seems a bit vague. >>... The info came from the World Resources Institute (www.wri.org) There's >>a ton of useful stuff on their site. Where, specifically, on www.wri.org can this information be found and then verified? --Randall Concord, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "JAMES PHELPS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Chicken Little Strikes Again! CO2 is rising!C02 isrising!A scientific Rebutal > Well I am not sure I buy 85%. This seems a bit skewed as high. I say > this > because not all mans activities have been adverse. in example, The Dakotas > have a hundred fold more trees than existed 200 years ago. There are also > more crops in production that are bigger co2 gulpers than native crops. > > I also understand this is just a very small snapshot in the whole scheme > of > things and the fact that those crops can also be used to create methane as > a > result of feed stocks and so forth. > > But when we use numbers like that, we will tend to disenchant those on the > edge of understanding. > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
