2billion trees

[Ian H]

The last thread went a bit off topic.

Back to the trees, I wouldn’t mind getting onto that line of work. I’m not sure how much space you would need for 2 billion but guess they would be recycled at a certain age so there would be less in the ground at any one time.

I’d be thinking to plant them on moorland but grow them for a few years first rather than planting tiny ones in the plastic tubes.

My sister had 8000 tiny ones planted maybe 6years ago and they didn’t do so good, the ones round my local reservoir don’t look too clever either. They are easy picking for sheep.

You could fit a few hundred thousand here:

 

[Notch7]

Ian, is that your back garden?

 

[Ian H]

Pretty much, it’s a few hundred yards over my back wall.

 

[Munroast]

at the moment I think we are heading in the other direction, low value of the pound means we are importing less timber from canada/sweeden to burn in our power stations (green energy from biomass). I have never seen as much tree felling in southern scotland as we have at the moment, they don't seem to be able to cut them down quick enough. See little replanting going on, wonder if they're holding back in anticipation of big grants to replant, there will be a lot of money to be made in providing the land for all these trees.

As for mass reforestation, vast areas of grouse moor would regenerate naturally if they just stopped the muirburn and got rid of the deer, society will have a massive problem about shooting bambi though. Sadly this planting billions of trees is never going to happen.

 

[sodthisforfun]

Be a shame to lose that fantastic view

 

[Notch7]

See little replanting going on, wonder if they're holding back in anticipation of big grants to replant

Sweden has doubled its forest in the last 100 hundred years.
They plant more than 2 trees for every one they cut down.

Labour have a good idea - the forestry commission should plant more trees.

Itll cost though.....50% of UK land is owned by 1% of population.

 

[festive]

at the moment I think we are heading in the other direction, low value of the pound means we are importing less timber from canada/sweeden to burn in our power stations (green energy from biomass). I have never seen as much tree felling in southern scotland as we have at the moment, they don't seem to be able to cut them down quick enough. See little replanting going on, wonder if they're holding back in anticipation of big grants to replant, there will be a lot of money to be made in providing the land for all these trees.

As for mass reforestation, vast areas of grouse moor would regenerate naturally if they just stopped the muirburn and got rid of the deer, society will have a massive problem about shooting bambi though. Sadly this planting billions of trees is never going to happen.

That's interesting so, they're chopping down the Scottish forests and feeding it into the power stations to create leccy?

 

[Notch7]

That's interesting so, they're chopping down the Scottish forests and feeding it into the power stations to create leccy?

I think we got the idea from South America

 

[Notch7]

Pretty much, it’s a few hundred yards over my back wall.

Wow, you are fortunate.

I have to go on holiday to get a view like that.

 

[festive]

I think we got the idea from South America

That's bloody awful i never realised we were doing sh't like that and calling it Biomass fuel.

 

[Notch7]

That's bloody awful i never realised we were doing sh't like that and calling it Biomass fuel.

I was only joking about South america, however have a look at the Drax power station which is using biomass fuel.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Isn't it moorland because trees won't grow there?

 

[Brigadier]

Isn't it moorland because trees won't grow there?

https://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/discover/moorland

"If the moorland was not grazed or managed, trees would appear and much of the moorland would slowly turn into woodland."

 

[EddieM]

Could reforest the peak and lake district, after all to a large extent they're artificially tree free.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Depends how high it is.