[bergoid]

> What will be the unintended consequences of foresting deserts

I think you are overly concerned but here you raise a good point: foresting a desert could lower the albedo of the Earth. If not offset by the CO2 uptake of the trees, this could have a net greenhouse effect on the climate.

[pjkundert]

If you’re really worried about albedo, perhaps start questions the impact of gigatons of soot flowing over the North Pole, blackening huge ice fields over the last few decades.

Such questions are not tolerated, so be warned.

[bergoid]

> Such questions are not tolerated, so be warned.

These are fair questions. Where are they not tolerated? And by whom?