{"id":11304,"date":"2016-12-08T18:54:06","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T23:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=11304"},"modified":"2016-12-08T18:54:06","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T23:54:06","slug":"the-earth-is-losing-10-billion-trees-every-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/the-earth-is-losing-10-billion-trees-every-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The Earth Is Losing 10 Billion Trees Every Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/countercurrentnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/enhanced_tree_globe.jpg.CROP_.cq5dam_web_1280_1280_jpeg.jpg?w=980' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>How long can we keep tearing down the trees which sustain us at this rate? Not long, I promise you.<br \/>\nJust 300 years if you do the math based on all the trees on earth. But we&#8217;ll feel the effects long before all the trees are gone. 10% will be gone in 30 years at this pace. Just that 10% will drastically upset the CO2 balance, because that&#8221;s 10% less trees to process CO2 into O2.  Trees also cool the earth, so, that&#8217;s 10% less cooling. More fires. More erosion. This shit gets exponential really quickly. By the time we convince the last denier, it will be way too late.<br \/>\nPlease Share if you Agree.<br \/>\n#ClimateChange #SaveTheEarth #LoveYourMother #EveryDayIsEarthDay<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2h8yyhk\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2h8yyhk<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How long can we keep tearing down the trees which sustain us at this rate? Not long, I promise you. Just 300 years if you do the math based on all the trees on earth. But we&#8217;ll feel the effects long before all the trees are gone. 10% will be gone in 30 years at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[14,480,456,132,429],"tags":[523,159,33,530,552],"class_list":["post-11304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-facebook","category-jamie-gray","category-news","category-shared-link","tag-blog","tag-facebook","tag-jamie-gray","tag-news","tag-shared"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16235,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/president-trumps-epa-says-burning-wood-is-carbon-neutral-like-wind-and-solar-energy\/","url_meta":{"origin":11304,"position":0},"title":"President Trump&#8217;s EPA Says Burning Wood is Carbon Neutral, Like Wind and Solar Energy","date":"April 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Believe it or not, there's some merit to the argument. 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