<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Mea culpa.]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Mea culpa. <br />I have pointed out in the past that. Canada's forests, rather than being a CO2 sink are now producing more GHG's than they are "fixing" because of forest fires. But I am wrong, any gases released from a tree burn is just recycled gases taken out of the atmosphere as it grew - basically a zero sum. That which it used to grow is now returned. It's the same idea behind bio-fuels. </p><p>The culprit in global warming is the amount of carbon collected over hundreds of millions of years released as carbon dioxide over the last 100 years …</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/environment" rel="tag">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GlobalWarming" rel="tag">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/forestfire" rel="tag">#<span>forestfire</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/f5513809-0521-4f46-87d7-59794551e3a3/mea-culpa.</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 04:25:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/f5513809-0521-4f46-87d7-59794551e3a3.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 16:13:43 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl></channel></rss>