Bugs cause greenhouse gas
April 24, 2008I just heard this story on NPR and it’s kinda ironic. Human-create greenhouse gas has increased the pine beetle population, they in turn are killing forests in Canada. As those trees die, they release all the carbon they’ve stored up back into the armosphere, thus increasing even more the greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere.
I think they call it the “virtuous cycle” in business school. Though generally they’re not talking about environmental destruction.
Anyway this just confirms what I’ve always thought — nature is too destructive. We need to kill all the bugs, starting with the pine beetle but not stopping until all the creepy crawlies are gone.