| What is on our readers minds? Jim:
Another interesting thing about trees and CO2 is that younger trees absorb more CO2 than older trees, so following that information to a logical conclusion, we should be cutting down our older forests and replanting with seedlings. I can assure you that living here in the shadow of 2000 year old redwoods that concept would definitely be a NIMBY issue.
Further, wood fibers retain the absorbed CO2 until burned or otherwise decays, so again following that fact to a logical conclusion, we should not be burning wood as a heat source, we should be building timber houses, and wooden furniture to keep the CO2 sequestered. I would venture that based upon the smoke curls emitting from my neighborhood chimneys in the morning that any such restriction like that would be cause for an uprising.
And last, obviously I do not fit the average for automobile usage. My ten year old vehicle has 27,000 (actual) miles on the odometer, most of those while navigating I-75 and I-575 in Atlanta years ago, but in order to keep burning my share of fuel, creating CO2, I very frequently occupy that 1' 11'' by 1' 11'' luxurious space onboard aircraft.
As usual good stuff,
John Yolton
Eureka, California, USA
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John
"Forbes" ran an article a number of years ago, suggesting we should cut down trees and bury them in order to sequester carbon. I don't think that idea has caught on yet.
You might be surprised about the chimney smoke issue. Wood burning fireplaces are not permitted in Albuquerque, New Mexico due to the local weather inversion issues (prevailing winds slamming into Sandia Mountain). It has been this way for a least 12 years, maybe longer. Of course, there is a little problem of no firewood in New Mexico, at least near the city, which may make it easier to enforce.
There are five vehicles around the old homestead here. One is my wife's, the other four are mine: 2005 Small SUV (117,000 miles); 2002 Motorcycle (10,500 miles); 1988 Pickup Truck (212,000 miles); 1974 VW Beetle (est: 200,000 miles). I don't think I am typical, either.
Jim
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