THIS POST IS A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE INTERPRETATION OF DEFORESTATION OF THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST.

1. THERE ARE 390 BILLION TREES IN THE AMAZON.
2. THERE ARE 3040 BILLION TREES IN THE WORLD
3. THEREFORE THE AMAZON CARRIES OUT 390/3040=12.8% OF THE WORLD’S LAND PHOTOSYNTHESIS
4. MOST OF THE WORLD’S PHOTOSYNTHESIS IS IN THE OCEAN WITH ABOUT 35% ON LAND.
5. THEREFORE THE AMAZON CARRIES OUT 4.5% OF THE WORLD’S PHOTOSYNTHESIS
6. DEFORESTATION OF THE AMAZON IS PROGRESSING AT 1.4% PER YEAR.
7. THEREFORE DEFORESTATION IS REDUCING THE AMAZON’S PHOTOSYNTHESIS CO2 REMOVAL BY 1.4% PER YEAR.
8. THAT REDUCES THE WORLD’S PHOTOSYNTHESIS CO2 REMOVAL BY 0.063% PER YEAR. THIS LOSS IS NEGLIGIBLE.
9. BUT THE BIGGER ISSUE HERE IS THAT ANTHROPOGENIC GLOBAL WARMING (AGW) IS NOT A THEORY ABOUT THE IMPACT OF CHANGES IN THE CARBON CYCLE ON ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION.
10. AGW IS A THEORY ABOUT THE IMPACT OF FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS ON ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION.
11. WE CONCLUDE THAT THOUGH THERE MAY BE REASONS FOR TREE HUGGER ENVRONMENTALISTS TO WORRY ABOUT DEFORESTATION OF THE AMAZON, IT IS NOT A CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUE.

LINK TO RELATED POST ON FOREST PRESERVATION FOR THE CLIMATE

https://tambonthongchai.com/2021/01/09/a-european-emphasis-on-forest-preservation-in-the-amazon/