During an internet search, it became obvious only one agenda was on top. No matter what engine or where the search was conducted it always came up with the same results putting CBC on top. The search in question had nothing to do with CBC or their opinions yet their article rose to prominence each and every time. It was geared towards climate panic.
The claim without substantiation was local forests don’t absorb carbon but instead contribute to it. If they had bothered to use an encyclopedia the lie would not have been printed. “Small amounts of that gas are emitted both day and night as a by-product of cellular respiration. It is worth noting that the majority of plants absorb carbon dioxide during the day for photosynthesis and do so in greater amounts than they release for cellular respiration.” So unless CBC is setting forests on fire its pure propaganda. Maybe they are not happy math clearly indicates far more carbon absorption than production so they need another way to alarm activists. Seems obvious a larger agenda is at play, but lets go through some math.
- Research shows an average tree absorbs anywhere from 10 to 25kg of CO2 per year.
- Canada has 367 million hectares of forest area.
- There are 1000 to 2,500 trees per hectare.
Lets go with a lousy 10kg absorbed and the low end of 1000 trees per hectare.
Number of trees = 367 million x 1,000 = 367000 million or 367 billion or 367000000000 trees.
Multiply that by the 10kg/year = 3.67 trillion or 3670000000000 kg of CO2 absorbed per year.
So metric ton = 3,670,000,000,000 kg = 3,670,000,000 mt
The CBC version of CO2 emissions is 708 mt in 2022 while both wikipedia and edgar.jrc.ec.erupoa.eu report about 582. Checking further we see 548 from https://globalcarbonatlas.org/emissions/carbon-emissions/ but do we even need to bother now?
There is an astronomical difference between producing 708 mt and absorbing 3,670,000,000. Keep in mind the oceans absorb from 30 to 40% of all the CO2 anyway so the reported emissions should really be reduced by that first. Furthermore, Canada isn’t a huge contributor to begin with.
