Friedberg calculates California wildfires have released as much CO2 as all state cars in a year.
“So thus far, if you do the math on that, we've released about as much, c o two as we've, as the California cars release in a year by the wildfires.”
“California has 33,000,000 acres of forest land. It's about a 100,000,000 acres in total land. Forests make up about a third of our land.”
Friedberg provides specific numbers showing California fires have burned 10% of forest acreage so far.
“Forests make up about a third of our land. So far, we're we're burning three and a half million, so about 10% of our acres.”
Friedberg quantifies California wildfires have burned 10% of forest acres, releasing 15% of stored carbon per acre.
“When we burn an acre, we release about 15% of the carbon that's stored in that acre into the atmosphere.”