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Haters are going to hate. naysayers are gonna naysay. Such negative sentiment. How is planting one billion trees not a good thing? In terms of energy consumptio

Haters are going to hate. naysayers are gonna naysay. Such negative sentiment. How is planting one billion trees not a good thing? In terms of energy consumption per capita, China is less than one third of the US while Pakistan is less than one tenth of the US [1]. In terms of CO2 emission per capita, China is less than half of the US [2]. You would be happy if China and Pakistan all go dark. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_energy_consumption_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_energy_co... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...

whipoodle 9y ago
> How is planting one billion trees not a good thing? Yes, exactly.
- melling 9y ago
  China is going to build 700 coal plants around the world: http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-firms-to-build-700-coal-plants http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-firms-to-... Sure, it’s great to celebrate our wins, like planting trees, but unless we examine the big problem those little wins really aren’t going to matter. I understand that per capita China and India emit less CO2, but China already has double the US output. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_... The world simply can’t handle burning all of that coal. Getting China and India to use nuclear or natural gas would help a lot.
  - nullnilvoid 9y ago
    Not only China and India emit much less CO2 per capita, the US has emitted far more CO2 than any other country accumulatively. The US has been industrialized for more than one hundred years and had been the No1 emitter of CO2 for more than a century until very recently. All these CO2 accumulated in the atmosphere has not been cleaned up yet. True we should all use cleaner energy sources. Planting one billion tree is a step towards a greener environment.
- pvaldes 9y ago
  It depends on the species of trees. Some are very good, other not so. In concept the idea sounds smart and positive for everybody. We need more smart people, so I hope they succeed.
kiliancs 9y ago
I don't see any negative point of view towards the initiative in your comment's parent, but additional information that helps understand the context of this initiative and challenges you should care about if you think this initiative is a good thing. It also didn't compare China and Pakistan to the US (negatively nor positively), though I appreciate you adding even more context.

whipoodle 9y ago

> How is planting one billion trees not a good thing? Yes, exactly.

melling 9y ago
China is going to build 700 coal plants around the world: http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-firms-to-build-700-coal-plants http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-firms-to-... Sure, it’s great to celebrate our wins, like planting trees, but unless we examine the big problem those little wins really aren’t going to matter. I understand that per capita China and India emit less CO2, but China already has double the US output. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_... The world simply can’t handle burning all of that coal. Getting China and India to use nuclear or natural gas would help a lot.
- nullnilvoid 9y ago
  Not only China and India emit much less CO2 per capita, the US has emitted far more CO2 than any other country accumulatively. The US has been industrialized for more than one hundred years and had been the No1 emitter of CO2 for more than a century until very recently. All these CO2 accumulated in the atmosphere has not been cleaned up yet. True we should all use cleaner energy sources. Planting one billion tree is a step towards a greener environment.
pvaldes 9y ago
It depends on the species of trees. Some are very good, other not so. In concept the idea sounds smart and positive for everybody. We need more smart people, so I hope they succeed.

kiliancs 9y ago

I don't see any negative point of view towards the initiative in your comment's parent, but additional information that helps understand the context of this initiative and challenges you should care about if you think this initiative is a good thing. It also didn't compare China and Pakistan to the US (negatively nor positively), though I appreciate you adding even more context.