[Terrapreta] Tree planting -- a bit more

[Jim Joyner]

Yeah, and remember when you were in about the 4th grade and the teacher 
showed that chart where the moisture from the ocean blows inland, rains, 
evaporates, rains and moves back out to the ocean. Well, it don't work 
that -- it's a lot more complicated. When the trees aren't there, the 
moisture stops, it doesn't rain.
Worse still, when it doesn't rain, farmers use water out of the aquifers 
to irrigate (especially out west). It's always been thought that if we 
stop taking the water out, well, the aquifers will recharge. Nope, often 
when they get low enough, they won't recharge, ever.

We keep hearing  more and more about desalination. Good luck. Yes, at 
great expense, we can take fresh water out of the ocean to drink and 
then turn it into waste water. But it won't help to grow food. It won't 
make it rain.

Trees.

Jim

David Yarrow wrote:
> in most parts of the earth -- even deserts and savannas -- if yer not 
> forest, yer against us.  forest is the natural, highest aspirartion of any 
> ecological community.  forests are the lungs of the biosphere.  and 
> filtration purification system for water.
>
> david, silver eagle
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert Klein" <arclein at yahoo.com>
> To: "Jim Joyner" <jimstoy at dtccom.net>
> Cc: "Terrapreta" <terrapreta at bioenergylists.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 12:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] Tree planting -- a bit more
>
>
>   
>> Hi
>>
>> it is good to see your efforts on reforestation.  The
>> challenge is to make it work for 2 billion other
>> folks.
>>
>> arclein
>>
>>
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