Carbon credits and an off-putting sign
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325818)
Rockingham, Australia
August 14, 2019 7:05pm CST
We’ve come across some interesting places on our two-week mini-vacation. A few days ago, we passed farm which has hundreds of hectares of trees planted. These are mainly oil mallees, a eucalypt that grows well on poor soil and in low rainfall areas. They also have the potential to replace ozone damaging solvents.
This farm is producing carbon credits, if that is the right phrase. Companies producing greenhouses gases of one sort or another can offset this by buying carbon credits. In other words, in return for being allowed to produce harmful gases they have to invest in living trees.
The foliage of oil mallees is not only valuable for the oil it produces but it seems the root system continues to grow after the above-ground growth is harvested.
I don’t really understand the ins and outs but the planting of thousands of trees has to be a good thing for the environment. A photo of the plantings wouldn’t be anything special so I’ll add a photo of the sign which is on the door to the toilets at our current caravan park. That should put a few people off! And apologies to @xFiacre. I posted a discussion twice and in deleting it, also deleted Fiacre’s response.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Aug 19
Never can have enough trees.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
15 Aug 19
sounds a wonderful project, though i wish those companies 'd not produce such'n the 1st place. i'd the need to look a bit further 'nto these trees. seems they've a lignotuber, which i find utterly fascinatin'. per wikipedia:
"A lignotuber is a woody swelling of the root crown possessed by some plants as a protection against destruction of the plant stem, such as by fire.[1] The crown contains buds from which new stems may sprout, as well as stores of starch that can support a period of growth in the absence of photosynthesis. The term "lignotuber" was coined in 1924 by Australian botanist Leslie R. Kerr."
seems the redwoods'n california 've the same, how neat's that?
don't'cha jest love those kind'a warnin's? i bet'cher glad ya've yer own loo, lol.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
17 Aug 19
@JudyEv i hear ya'n those "frequent flyer miles" to the loo :) seems a cruel joke, don't 't?
y'all've such fascinatin' e'erythings there, lol. the ways all 've evolved to be most efficient if'n mankind'd cooperate a bit more.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
27 Aug 19
that sounds like a good idea... it's good for some of these companies to " buy credit" in the environment that goes someway to undoing some of the harm that is done by their manufacturing practices.... 
as for that toilet door notice it would make me very nervous... 
as for that toilet door notice it would make me very nervous... 2 people like this
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Aug 19
Our onboard toilet is a godsend during the night or early in the morning. As we get older, we need to get up sometimes during the night so it's very useful to have our own loo. And yes, lignotubers are fascinating as are some of our parasitic trees.
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. Not enough space for caravan parks in Australia
@wolfgirl569 (95226)
• Marion, Ohio
15 Aug 19
More trees is good. Less snakes would be good too.
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@MNRFOLEY (435)
• Brisbane, Australia
16 Aug 19
@wolfgilrl Agree! I am so scared of them.
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Aug 19
I doubt they see many snakes but I guess even one is one too many.
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Aug 19
I guess, once a snake is sighted, they need to warn people about them.
@snowy22315 (169997)
• United States
15 Aug 19
The more trees the better in my opinion. It is slightly distressing in this area, they keep cutting them down to make way for new construction.
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@snowy22315 (169997)
• United States
17 Aug 19
@JudyEv Yes and architects planners etc. Try to include them in their fesigns.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16533)
• China
15 Aug 19
That is a good way to offset producing harmful gases that cause global warming.
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@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
15 Aug 19
If my wife saw that sign that would be the last time she opened the car door anywhere near there!
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Aug 19
@DocAndersen And (whispering) maybe not a few other places as well. 
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@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
17 Aug 19
@JudyEv she still wishes to visit your fair land, just not that part now.
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@SophiaMorros (5046)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
15 Aug 19
That sign makes me appreciate the fact that since I don't eat or drink (thanks to the fact that my mouth doesn't open) I also don't have any bodily waste to dispose of and have no need to expose my hiney to slithery snakes.
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Aug 19
I would be very cautious going into that bathroom. I hate the creepy crawlies. It always makes me think of Sir Hiss from the Disney cartoon Robin Hood
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
15 Aug 19
I fail to see how lots and lots of trees can be anything but good for the planet in general.
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