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Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates is taking bold steps to combat climate change through an unconventional approach: funding a scheme to cut down and bury trees. Kodama Systems, a recipient of $6.6 million in seed funding from Gates’ Breakthrough Energy initiative and other sources, is spearheading this initiative. The company aims to save around 70 million acres of Western forests over the next ten years, with a focus on the Californian region. However, instead of using the conventional approach of selling timber for housing or other purposes, Kodama Systems plans to bury the trees after they’ve been cut down.
The rationale behind this approach lies in preventing the released carbon from re-entering the atmosphere, which is a significant contributor to global warming. By storing the biomass in specially designed “earthen vaults” that are dry and oxygen-free, the coordinators of the project believe they can effectively sequester carbon and contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. This decision also allows them to capitalize on the sale of carbon offsets, furthering the financial sustainability of the endeavor.
The venture has garnered attention due to its unconventional nature. While the idea of cutting down and burying trees may seem counterintuitive at first, it underscores the urgency of finding innovative solutions to address climate change. However, this approach has sparked discussions and debates within the environmental community. Critics raise concerns about the ecological impact of such large-scale deforestation and the potential disruption to ecosystems.
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Via https://nworeport.me/bill-gates-combatting-climate-change-by-chopping-down-trees-and-burying-them/
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Have the Gates people lost all their marbles? Where do I begin to explain how stupid this idea is? Trees, like all life on earth, utilize carbon in many of its forms to store energy, which is then released as the tree sheds leaves, or as microbes, fungi, birds, squirrels, and other critters make their homes or their roosts in its branches. They provide shade, slow winds, spread roots that slow erosion, and some produce fruit or nuts that feed us all.
Photosynthesis uses sunlight and water to build the cellulose, carbohydrates, and fibers that feed people, animals, insects, and fungi that exist in a symbiotic relationship to the trees.
In taking the carbon out of the air, and combining it with water, the trees expire oxygen, which we all breathe.
For anyone who has doubts about the multi-dimensional value of trees, I would recommend Richard Powers’ prize-winning novel, “The Overstory”, a gripping tale with trees the connecting theme.
Maybe someone should send Bill Gates a copy, one that used trees transformed into paper to produce a book.
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As far as I can see, Katherine, this scheme has no redeeming value whatsoever. Cutting down large number of trees will destroy local watersheds and rainfall cycles, leading to desertification on a massive scale. Does no one ever say no to this man?
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