cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/998526
Shamelessly stolen from u/OccamsLoppers on Reddit.
In a century or two ofk…
Well, depends on your climate but in my area you can start to get some shade in 10-20 years depending on species.
I have to admit to chopping far more trees than I planted this year b-but that’s only because there were already too many trees around!
No such thing! Unless maybe you’re talking about thinning to reduce fire danger.
Just some trees had rot and were a danger to the house. But plenty of new ones are growing! One is even throwing some shade after only 3-4 years or so
A few trees really don’t do much. My half acre lot is a biodiverse garden covered in 3 pollinator gardens and a half dozen tree varieties but it’s delusional to think that’s helping with global warming. The sad reality is the big corporations are the ones doing the bulk of the damage and aren’t going to stop unless we make them. They also aren’t doing shit to reforest the planet.
I don’t think we are talking about global warming, tree are very good at local climate control. The shade plus evaporation from the leaves can lower the temperature by several degrees.
In this study they observed that cities area with trees can be up to 12°C cooler than area without trees. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2298675-trees-cool-the-land-surface-temperature-of-cities-by-up-to-12c/
You are wrong. Every tree planted makes a difference, so your garden does, and mine, and the gardens of people reading this thread. Let’s just do both, plant more trees and stop big corporations from doing more damage.
Really, even the tiniest thing helps. Even a pot of parsley on the windowsill. Please do not give up and seed something.
I’ve seen the calculation somewhere, you’d need to plant more tress than there is surface space on earth.
I wish more cities would break open the pavement and plant more trees. It is notably cooler under the tree in my yard than under a parasol.
Even in my neighborhood there’s tons of front yard/driveways which are fully cemented. If people would only break it open and plant something. :(
All this concrete just absorbs all the heat and keeps radiating it when it finally cools down. A bit of green in cities would do wonders ( and not just a green patch in a sea of concrete )…
Definitely! San Francisco has a program where they cut into concrete to create more space. Wish more cities were willing to be that radical.
Personally I have far higher ambitions than that… but it’s certainly a start!
