This is speculation but I would be willing to bet that more CO2 is sunk
into algae around the world than forests or crops.
Joe
Randall wrote:
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
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