Aug 25, 2017 · 1 min read
Matthew, I never said that the only reason settlers deforested the Eastern U.S. is to engineer climate change, nor that it was even the primary one. In fact, I do reference agriculture as the main reason for deforestation. If you read closely, you’ll find that a group of scientists and writers were the main voices in this campaign to remove trees to “improve” the climate. And most of their “evidence” was anecdotal.
