Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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I'm listening.

So far I get that anthropogenic basically means man-made

Here's a quote I found about trees and CO2. I think it accurately reflects what I was taught in grade school... all those many decades ago. (OK, four decades ago)

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Trees Combat the Greenhouse Effect
Global warming is the result of an excess of greenhouse gases, created by burning fossil fuels and destroying tropical rainforests. Heat from the sun, reflected back from the earth, is trapped in this thickening layer of gases and global temperatures rise as a result. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a major greenhouse gas. Trees absorb carbon dioxide, removing and storing the carbon while releasing the oxygen back into the air. In one year, an acre of trees absorbs the amount of CO2 produced when you drive your car 26,000 miles.

http://www.treepeople.org/vfp.dll?OakTree~getPage~&PNPK=59
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