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3. So we planted 4 GtC of tree plantations...

Wed Apr 1, 2015, 02:48 PM

Apr 2015

...and burned over 90 GtC of fossil fuels.

I'm sorry to be so cynical, but

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Chinese tree planting reverses global forest loss [View all] Judi Lynn Mar 2015 OP

Let's not call tree plantations "forests" NickB79 Mar 2015 #1

And assuming they survive a rapidly destabilizing climate hatrack Mar 2015 #2

So we planted 4 GtC of tree plantations... GliderGuider Apr 2015 #3

It's not cynicism, it's arithmetic hatrack Apr 2015 #4