Quote: Originally Posted by Paul Mullett (original)
Thought this was pretty much comon knowledge. That's why using wood and paper from sustainable forests is good, because the new trees eat CO2 and produce oxygen, and they're chopped down and used before they release it all during decay.
No, my point is more that planting trees doesnt actually make CO2 disappear, it just stores it for the future - trees dont 'consume' CO2, and I think that most people would be surprised that the net result of planting a tree is more CO2 not less. So you have to plant the right trees in the right places and use those trees as a sensible resource. Paying a poor farmer in mexico £3 a tree becomes irrelevant if the tree cannot sustain a local economic benifit long term as long after the farmer stops recieving money for his trees he's going to burn them down to re-plant a more cash rich crop. Perhaps that after the planet hass warmed a little and he can now grow other stuff!!!!!
The point is that if the overal net effect of being 'carbon neutral' by paying someone to go and plant a load of trees is negative then whats the point? Only actually cutting CO2 emmisions can improve things, not continuing to emit the same or more just because a few trees have been planted.
How then can F1 actually cut CO2 emmisions? There are many ways, from the complex such as more fuel efficient engines, or perhaps alternative fuel sources, to the rediculously simple - less races per year or perhaps shorter races.....
....however, that would hit F1 in the pocket and they wouldnt do it. Some of the races (such as Bahrain for instance) are run in front of a virtually empty race curcuit, because theres not enough locals with enough money to actually go and watch the race, and why should they when most can stay at home and watch it on the tele.....
Does F1 need 18 or 19 races a year? And if they lasted 1.5 hours instead of 2, would they not perhaps actually be more entertaining? Fuel tanks could be smaller therefore fuelling would still be required.....
Of course, revenues would go down because there would be less adverts.... and then Bernie would say he hasnt got enough billions left to plant more trees to save the planet.....
