OK. Here’s the deal. I have lots of emails about my recent post. The post was a back of the envelope type estimation to see what would happen to the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere if everyone planted a tree.

It’s just a rough approximation. Here’s the post.

https://www.wired.com/story/plant-a-tree-for-climate-change/

Basically, I estimated the size of a typical tree and then figured out how much carbon dioxide you would need to make that tree. After that, I estimated the number of particles per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide.

Here’s the code for my calculations – https://trinket.io/glowscript/f7edb65694

Now for the rest of this. Lot’s of people have sent me comments. If you want to talk about this – here is your chance. Comment on this post. Another option: comment on twitter. Here is a good thread.

Climate change is a real problem – we need to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. One idea is to plant more trees. So, what if everyone planted just one tree? How much would that reduce CO2? Here is my rough estimation.https://t.co/HjLvmUEq5f

— Rhett Allain (@rjallain) October 3, 2019

If you email me, there’s a good chance I won’t reply. These two options are your best bet.