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TeamTrees vs REALITY!!

Thunderf00t · 524K views · 2019-11-17 · 21:35

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Overview

Thunderf00t critiques the TeamTrees campaign, doing the math on how little carbon 20 million trees would actually offset. He argues that tree planting is far from adequate against global emissions.

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Used as a source for back-of-envelope numbers on tree planting and by critics of feel-good climate gestures.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2021–2025

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Climate policy, solutions & debateEnvironment, agriculture & food systems
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teamtreescarbon removalclimategreenwashingback-of-envelope math

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magic_smoke_ee · 2025-01 · Criticism

I don't know who they were or who they were targeting. I only remember their #TeamTrees annoying nonsense from 2019 and the popular Youtubers who fell all over themselves trying to celebrate this greenwashing nonsense without using their brains first.[0] 0. TeamTrees vs REALITY!! [VIDEO]

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hi-v-rocknroll · 2024-09 · Criticism

So what really turned me off to this guy was his smarmy ~2019 campaign that also damaged my view of otherwise sensible Youtubers who shilled for him without thinking carefully. As such, pretending to save the planet while failing at math, logic, and physics because getting rich and being a internet->real celebrity are oh so much more important™ than emotionally and financially exploiting your audience or doing what you say you're going to do. sigh "#TeamTrees vs. REALITY" (2019, Phil Mason) [VIDEO]

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sacnoradhq · 2023-10 · Criticism

95% correct. "Planting a lot of trees" has been proven dead wrong because of simple math, plant matter decay, and increasing fucking forest fires. Instead, #teamtrees couldn't face reality while doing the disservice of misinforming and lying to millions of people for egotistical and aspirational post-factual rhetoric. [VIDEO]

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