Tree planting no help against climate change!

Look at this article on The Guardian "Planting tree to save planet is pointless, say ecologists".

This article argues that tree-planting schemes (the local Tree4U campaign comes to my mind) are just a political gimmick to make people feel good about their contribution to offset climate change, but in fact they can cause more damage than harm.

Mind you, I personally prefer a bunch of trees to a wasteland but in term of climate change I quote: "Prof Caldeira said planting trees was a diversion, letting consumers pollute more. He said it would be better to transform the way energy was derived and used, for instance through investment in renewable and carbon-free electricity generation."

Very interesting!!