Trees and Global Warming (Part 4)

Last chapter we were talking about the cartoonish concept of launching trees into space.

It is actually a deep disservice to trees. Conceptualizing them as large tooth picks, fit to arrange by whim.

Trees are, at minimum, solitary ecosystems. From the top to the roots. Home to animals and biotics.

Harvesting a tree removes all of that. Creating a zone of death and decay, where once many creatures lodged or visited.

So, now we can talk about Genetically Modified Organism to assist the trees in solving Global Warming.

We want something that does not burn or release back the carbon. I point to coral as a model.

Corals create an anchor of calcium. We want something like that for carbon.

Petrified wood is not a good example. It is mostly mineral deposits, not wood (carbon fiber).

This new plant would like be light and fibrous. Probably best designed for brackish swamps away from human activity.

I do not have example in mind where such things turn out well. Plans seem to always go awry.

Designed for brackish water, the new plants find fresh water puddle just dandy.

When the puddle dry up the light new plants blow around like tumble-weeds.

If it rains, they become soaked and heavy.

That is OK. Humans can just get into their solar powered bulldozers and drive to work. Moving the Generically Modified "tumble boulders" off to the side of the road.

Here the flaw is that humans so very much desire to have others do the work. Designers create a solution and the work gets done away from sight.

Of course, it is not like humans could effectively pitch in. We cannot go outside to assist in photo-synthesis. At least, not without a different Genetically Modified Organism research project.

In the next chapter, we will talk about trees and global warming. On an Industrial Scale.