What are the best kinds of plants to plant to help dimminish Global Warming?

Question

Trees? Bushes? Weeds? Grasses? Fast growing or slow growing?

Answer 1

Interesting dilemma. Latest research from the Max Planck Institute shows that tress produce methane – a significant greenhouse gas. Orbital data from NASA shows large clouds of methane over forest areas and in particular the Amazon rain forest confirming this research.  We were being told to plant tress to save the planet, or is it plant a tree and cook the planet? To plant or not to plant? That is the question.

Answer 2

officially Paulownia ,

big leafed, fast growing tree

the World bank subsidizes farmers who reforest with them

Answer 3

I can't stay quiet any longer about the politics of this land.  I have been contacting my senators and congressman about a couple of issues, and they were very glad to hear from me.  Here are the 2 issues:



1.  The senate is voting soon on the Supplemental Spending Bill for the Iraq War, and Diane Feinstein put in an amendment to grant amnesty to 1 million ILLEGAL immigrants because the produce is not getting picked in time.  Our economy is in so much trouble, and there are lots of LEGAL citizens that need the money and would be willing to work in agriculture.  There are plenty of youth that need good, hard-working jobs to earn them the money they need for college, cars, etc.  Feinstein's amendment is very inappropriate.  Once you start the amnesty policy, there will be no end.  I just saw a presentation on how excessive immigration will undo our country in many ways...too far to mention.



2.  Our country has lots of oil reserves in many states and out in the surrounding oceans.  We have the technology to drill for it in a responsible way to conserve the environment.  The Dakotas, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah have oil shale that can be successfully developed for oil, and the Energy Policy of 2005 directed the BLM to lease these lands to those willing to develop the shale oil.  Now a moratorium was imposed as part of the Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2008 to NOT allow the BLM to lease land for shale oil development.



It is my opinion that we should be calling our representatives and letting them know we will not vote for them if they don't allow us to glean our own oil resources in our own land and help our own people and our economy.  To go begging to Saudi Arabia for more oil is humiliating and unnecessary.  This is the biggest transfer of wealth in the history of the world to take our money by the billions and give it to countries that are not friendly to us and then prohibit our own people from providing for themselves.



I have sent this out to many in different states.  If we each do our part, and spread the word, something can be done about this situation.  We the people are still in charge if we will take the responsibility.  I had a very good experience calling my representatives, both Republican and Democrat.  Their phone numbers were in the phone directory.  



Thanks for reading, and I hope you will take action.

Answer 4

Reduce the ice cap so grass can grow there. If you think planting a bush will change the climate, You need to send more money to all the enviro terrorist groups. How much more co2 is breathed out at a protest than keeping opinions out of politics.

There may be a connection with over forestation and forest fires. The earth is a well designed self supporting/ correcting entity by itself,, with or without man.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,3035...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XDI2NVTYRXU

http://www.hillsdale.edu/news/imprimis/a...

I am not anti conserve, recycle, clean up,,,,, I am anti enviro terrorism lieing to get more money.

Answer 5

You can't dimminish global warming.  We are in a cooling trend anyway.

Answer 6

try planting some thought into the ground cause Global warming aint real kid

Answer 7

Marijuana...no joke.  The Cannabis plant grows ridiculously faster than a tree and has very large leaves from its base all the way to the top.

Answer 8

Large trees with huge trunks kinds. It would help a little, what would have a greater impact is the people & companies.

Answer 9

Bamboos are known for absorbing CO2 and release significant amounts of oxygen.