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JinnMartini » 13 Jun 2022, 3:43 am » wrote: ↑

13 Jun 2022, 3:43 am

That may be true  . . .  but the trees we plant are mostly 2 years old  . . .  or younger.

Hungrier.

Greedier for C02.

The old and stately trees have less appetite.

JinnMartini » 13 Jun 2022, 3:43 am » wrote: ↑

13 Jun 2022, 3:43 am

It'll take hundreds of years, before they become the size of the trees we cut for lumber, construction etc.

Blink of an eye - and the timber industry has been plnting 2 to 1 and 3 to 1 for over fifty years. We call that "sustainability."

JinnMartini » 13 Jun 2022, 3:43 am » wrote: ↑

13 Jun 2022, 3:43 am

And even so I'm afraid that that applies only to North America.
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The changing picture of South America :

There are a few issues with that graphic - provenance, agenda and translation being among them.

I will speak to translation - which I believe hints to the answer as to agenda.

"Disturbed vegetation" is a curious term. The Pampas of Brazil and Argentina have not been cut down or deforested - they are - and were before the Europeans - open plains. Like the Great Plains in the United States (which we have fruited and forested). The only "disturbance" to that vegetation has been herd grazing - a usage which virtually always is accompanied by husbandry and stewardship. 

The graphic makes mankind and his activities a bad thing. You will just have to forgive me - I distrust the reports that I suck and should not be here. If you trust the reports that you suck and should not be here, that is your prerogative.