tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478627399440086977.post1677740116938059850..comments2023-11-21T04:49:01.702-05:00Comments on A Dog Named Kyoto: Get your Carbon Offsets nowA Dog Named Kyotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10859158097418832063noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478627399440086977.post-45430258949489615212007-03-30T10:05:00.000-04:002007-03-30T10:05:00.000-04:00Sooner or later someone will link carbon offsets t...Sooner or later someone will link carbon offsets to global warming. After all, reputable land use studies show that reforestation leads to local warming in the airmass above the forest if the land was previously grassland. Forests have lower albedo than grassland, and insolation isn't just reflected back as light but as radiant heat. Scandalous, really.<BR/><BR/>...or maybe just more evidence that this global climate system is not amenable to simple-minded interventions.<BR/><BR/>Save the planet! But not by planting a tree! What's a good activist supposed to do now?Zookeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07454330013436283393noreply@blogger.com