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this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2023
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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.
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 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/