I thought it was interesting that the Canadian wildfires are emitting more carbon than all of the rest of its human activities combined.

  • jadero@lemmy.sdf.org
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    I’ve got people around me who say we in Canada don’t need to do anything about CO2 emissions because, they claim, our forests absorb more than we emit. My response has always been “wait until they start burning.”

  • vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    A stupid question - why don’t people in countries with large forested areas just dig really long and wide trenches with water which would take longer for the fire front to cross (due to winds and general heat it still would, I know)?

    One would think this makes sense economically, long-term.