Comments by "Winston Smith" (@winstonsmith935) on "The Carbon Offset Problem" video.

  1. B.C.'s clear-cut forests are 'dead zones,' emitting more greenhouse gases than fossil fuels, report finds. The clear-cutting of B.C.'s forests is contributing more to greenhouse gases than the burning of fossil fuels. The report found that 3.6 million hectares of old-growth and second-growth forests were clear-cut in the province between 2005 and 2017 — creating "dead zones" that, combined, are larger than Vancouver Island. Analysis of provincial data,  logging puts 42 million tonnes of carbon emissions into the atmosphere per year, as well as another 26 million tonnes that can't be recaptured for at least 13 years, while newly planted trees mature enough to absorb the additional carbon. "It's a huge problem that the emissions from forests are not counted as part of our official emissions”. the combined climate impact of the emissions caused by logging — 42 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, and about 26 million tonnes not captured because of the amount of forests logged — is greater than the 64 million tonnes the Environment Ministry says were released by fossil fuel emissions in all of 2017. Old-growth forests, like the ones in B.C., are particularly adept at capturing carbon and can store over 1,000 tonnes of carbon per hectare, which is one of the highest rates on earth.
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