Ecology topic

[Succubus]

Recently Al Gore wrote in New York Times...

From the linked article:
Planting 1.2 Trillion Trees Could Cancel Out a Decade of CO2 Emissions, Scientists Find

A decade of emissions cancelled out? And how many decades does it take a tree to grow to a reasonable size? It's about 3-4 decades.

The world Ent population is ~3 trillion, where are we going to put an additional 1.2 trillion? Look at a world map. Where trees can grow, they already do.

So here's an idea for a solution that we already have the technology: how about turning Sahara into the rainforest...

Green the Sahara? It would be a brave bastard to gamble on that roll of the dice. Something, something unintended consequences. ie, climate change. 

I would quickly become not only the richest mothafucka in the world but also the most beloved one. They would call me "the good trillionare"

No doubt Thomas Midgley. thought the same. :o)