Post #1080376

2026-04-11 18:49 UTC

In some areas I’m sure this is true. But remember that we’re are no longer living in the historical climate. Marginally suitable for trees in the past may mean no longer suitable today. And even more so with another few decades of warming. Smaller projects would be better to start with so we can establish what works and where. That’s why these mega-projects usually fail.

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@Tiresia@slrpnk.net 2026-04-11 20:56

But by the same token, what is unsuitable for trees today doesn’t have to be unsuitable a decade from now. Plant growth affects the climate. Retaining moisture, stabilizing day-night temperatures, retaining topsoil, changing surface albedo, triggering cloud formation, etc. Ideally a mega-project is thousands of small projects being attempted at once in a way that is useful even if only a fraction of them work. Those 10% of places that worked could be used as a jumping off point for further efforts in the region, and in all cases people learned valuable agriculture skills they can take with them for the rest of their lives.

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@BygoneNeutrino@lemmy.world 2026-04-11 21:05

This is a good point. One of the reasons flood and fire insurance is skyrocketing is because our historical models are no longer able to accurately predict future risk.

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