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Re: CO2 forest
Ivo writes:
> It's doable though. A few weeks ago PBS aired a Nova documentary about
> global warming, greenhouse effect, etc, that showed an experiment that
> addresses excess levels of CO2 over forests. They keep an entire forest
> of several acres under excess CO2 by pumping gas from huge generators run
> 24/7. The gas is piped and diffused at ground level. People walk around
> apparently with no concern about the extra CO2 they breathe. The thing
> exists for a few years, as far as I recall, and they do measure increased
> carbon intake and storage and such things. Unfortunately I cannot recall
> *where* it is, Washington state perhaps ? I don't recall either what the
> cost of the operation is...
Typical treehugger approach. Pump extra CO2 into the atmosphere because we
are worried about hothouse gases. They could have built a couple of large
greenhouses and tested the outcomes for less than the cost of those pumps on
a chunk of dirt over several acres area. Kinda like president Clinton's
proposal to pay $50 apiece for $25 street guns to discourage crooks from
having them. And of course don't take down names or information from the
sellers- just give them a chance to unload weapons used in murders without
worrying about them being traced back to the perpetrators.
Bob Dixon