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To: combjelly who wrote (612947)	5/26/2011 6:48:27 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574772

CJ, look at this genius from the same state... Al ================================================================ Republican’s Climate Solution: Clear-Cut the Rain Forest By JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF Green: Politics Representative Dana Rohrabacher, Republican of California, needs to hit the science books, forestry experts suggest. Senator Dana Rohrabacher.European Pressphoto AgencySenator Dana Rohrabacher. They reached that conclusion after hearing Mr. Rohrabacher declare during a Congressional hearing on Wednesday that clear-cutting the world’s rain forests might eliminate the production of greenhouse gases responsible for climate change. On the witness stand was Todd Stern, the Obama administration’s climate change envoy, who was questioned on whether the nation’s climate policy should focus on reducing the more than 80 percent of carbon emissions produced by the natural world in the form of decaying plant matter. “Is there some thought being given to subsidizing the clearing of rain forests in order for some countries to eliminate that production of greenhouse gases?” the congressman asked Mr. Stern, according to Politico. “Or would people be supportive of cutting down older trees in order to plant younger trees as a means to prevent this disaster from happening?” he continued. Forestry experts were dumbfounded by Mr. Rohrabacher’s line of questioning, noting that the world’s forests currently absorb far more carbon dioxide than they emit — capturing roughly one-third of all man-made emissions and helping mitigate climate change. “He’s seriously confused,” said Oliver Phillips, a professor of geography at the University of Leeds in Britain and an expert on terrestrial carbon storage. “He’s just got half of the equation. Natural things decay, of course, but they also grow.” The idea that cutting down forests would result in a net reduction of emissions is “crazy,” Dr Phillips added. “The need is to reduce deforestation.” Beverly Law, a professor of forest science at Oregon State University, found another hole in Mr. Rohrabacher’s logic. Roughly 75 percent of the carbon dioxide emissions from the natural world come not from above-ground biomass, but from the soil, she said. “You don’t even want to give this guy another wacky idea, but he forgot about soil,” Dr. Law said.