Could military strategy win the war on global warming?
As a rule, environmentalists are a pretty peaceful bunch. Hearing them discuss the use of Global Positioning Systems and missile-tracking technology to scope out a target is somewhat disconcerting. Tree huggers using missile-tracking technology and dropping bombs from C-130 aircraft? What’s the world coming to? These apparently devious tactics aren’t what they seem though: The forest isn’t being converted into a war zone. These innovative optimists are simply adapting advanced military technologies to use in aerial reforestation. Sometimes referred to as aerial seeding, and similar to the garden planting method of broadcasting, aerial reforestation is the use of aircraft to distribute seeds to replant forests. Aerial reforestation is actually nothing new. People have been doing it since at least the 1930s, when planes were used to distribute seeds over inaccessible mounta
As a rule, environmentalists are a pretty peaceful bunch. Hearing them discuss the use of Global Positioning Systems and missile-tracking technology to scope out a target is somewhat disconcerting. Tree huggers using missile-tracking technology and dropping bombs from C-130 aircraft? What’s the world coming to? These apparently devious tactics aren’t what they seem though: The forest isn’t being converted into a war zone. These innovative optimists are simply adapting advanced military technologies to use in aerial reforestation. Sometimes referred to as aerial seeding, and similar to the garden planting method of broadcasting, aerial reforestation is the use of aircraft to distribute seeds to replant forests. Aerial reforestation is actually nothing new. People have been doing it since at least the 1930s, when planes were used to distribute seeds over inaccessible mount
