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Yes, this means a ton of carbon ends up in the atmosphere instead of in the trees. The right move would be thinning and prescribed burns, but this administration isn't going to do that.

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[–] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] the_q@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I got a mod deletion the last time I said anything like this. Good luck and I fucking agree.

[–] wanderingmagus@lemm.ee 3 points 23 hours ago

Fortunately this community is on slrpnk.net which might not have the same kinds of trigger happy mods as .world?

[–] Aeri@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago

You've got to be careful how you word it lest the gestapo come for you. I will derive pleasure from reading his obituary though.

I will also say that 18 U.S. Code § 2381 says that he should be well, you know. Or fined and put in jail for five years but that's not as fun.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The absolute level of stupidity of this is ridiculous. Lumber mills are not designed for old growth trees in the modern era, so all these trees will not even become lumber. Logging has become very sustainable in recent decades. They farm trees and mill them when they reach the size that the machinery at the mills is optimized for. If we just cut down all the forests, the mills can't even process the logs even though it's better lumber. In reality, they'd just send the old growth logs to be ground for pulp which is a total waste. This video does a good job explaining it.

https://youtu.be/efs5-FCVWvg

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think Trump is clearing land for the techno-fiefs that Project 2025 wants to create among the head fascists. He hands out land parcels, gets a reacharound from Thiel and company.

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[–] stormdahl@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

That is just... Insane. Incredibly sad.

[–] Neps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 20 hours ago

I hate this.

[–] Lennnny@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Meanwhile we get shamed for not reusing the plastic containers we're forced to purchase with our basic groceries.

May time and tide fuck a pres up the arse

[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

this is so fucking retarded. it is going to take longer than his term to build fucking logging factories and its going to cost millions of dollars. plus you have to hire these people and drivers. and guess what? since it's "american" it will just cost more for some reason anyways like everything else "American made" does. what an actual joke for the sheep

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 86 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Uhm, why can he just decide this? Not part of his expertise or departement.

[–] suite403@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

That our government has been reacting to his shit rather than controlling it is infuriating.

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

National Forest Service is a part of the Department of Agriculture, part of the executive branch.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, but he can decide that alone?

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[–] johncandy1812@lemmy.ca 49 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Trump doesn't like that the US buys lumber from Canada. He's going to announce 34% tariffs on lumber from Canada in the next few days.

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Other than the Pacific northwest most U.S. forest trees do not make good building lumber.

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[–] j_elgato@leminal.space 4 points 23 hours ago

Assuming the other half is where they plan to install the oil derricks...

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 252 points 1 day ago (48 children)

These are our forests. They belong to the US people. They're being stolen from us. For private profit of a few.

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 65 points 1 day ago

It's an American tradition.

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[–] arsCynic@beehaw.org 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Literally Saruman.
Revolt happened.
Saruman died on a spike.

Mirror mirror on the wall, who is Nostradamus about Trump's fall?

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✍︎ arscyni.cc: modernity ∝ nature.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 35 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Cutting down old growth Forrest take 50 years to repair the area after its stopped. What a mess.

[–] discocactus@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

More like 150-300 if possible at all.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 17 hours ago

Now that's waaaaay worst.

[–] YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Way longer than that. What grows back is not old growth

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 10 points 1 day ago

Yep, can't fix it in our lifetime

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[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 159 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fuck. This kind of shit is why I feel the need for revenge on these people. They're slashing forests and impoverishing the population. It's not enough for them to lose an election. they need to pay

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