[acumenical]

I doubt anyone here has planted a tree. We talk of action and do nothing.

Every time I mention trees, I am told that instead we need expensive contraptions made out of mined materials, that usually require an external source of power. Instead of putting a tree in the ground and letting nature do its job, we have tricked ourselves into thinking that nature doesn't know enough.

In our hubris and delusion we will end our species and the rest of nature will scratch its head and wonder why.

[sgt]

I planted an oak tree, but that darn thing is really taking its time!

[jquast]

I only own a half acre of property and it’s chock full of them. I live in the United States, there isn’t any land that I would plant on in my county that isn’t owned public or privately, that the gas and oil or electricity companies won’t cut down, much less the commercial timber industry which takes up about 50% of the land, anyway, I’d love to plant trees but what would you recommend, trespass on private company and hope the owner doesn’t clear it out?

[jquast]

Also it’s more than just planting, they need careful tending for the first few years, whether fertilizing or fighting aphids or disease, I don’t want to just volunteer to plant trees in some far away place nobody tends to, lots of those “plant a million trees” programs become “maybe a hundred thousand survived” stories, especially if care is not taken to use an appropriate tree for the conditions it is planted.

Anyway I’d just like to know what you think about “gorilla growing” because very few people own more than an acre, and, especially where I live, people are very hostile about trespassing, it could get you killed

[ricardo81]

Fair point. I've donated to a few local forest trusts.

My personal pet peeve about biomass is the use of artificial grass.