[kelseyfrog]

To put this in relative terms, there are approximately 3 trillion trees on earth today[1].

The roughest of napkin math estimates that it takes approximately 3 trillion trees(10kgCO2/yr)[2] just to absorb annual human CO2 emissions(37,857Mt/yr)[3].

1. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14967

2. https://onetreeplanted.org/blogs/stories/how-much-co2-does-t...

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...

[bsuvc]

This submission is yet another attempt to steer HN towards political discussion.

There are enough other sites for doing that.

[hnhg]

Tree planting on this scale is often just a cynical ploy to sell carbon offsets, in order to make a lot of money.

[Daishiman]

This is a ruse; the Republican party altogether after Nixon has never shown even the slightest interest in environmental issues.

[Fricken → Daishiman]

Bush Senior cared

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bush-had-a-lastin...

[Spivak → Daishiman]

If you don't allow someone to admit mistakes, change, do better and eventually earn forgiveness then why would they bother trying?

[krapp → Spivak]

Forgiveness comes after action. An apology is nice but they don't get points for standing in the way of progress only to give a damn when the apocalypse is at their doorstep.