The billionaire press are keen on rubbishing anything that sounds even remotely ambitious as impossible or pie in the sky – but Labour’s plans are the opposite. They are thought through and practical responses to the problems we face. Here’s just one easy example – When labour announced a 20 year plan two plant 2 billion trees it was met with howls of disbelief and outrage and cries of it can’t be done. But let’s take a look and see how the mass media rubbishing stands up to scrutiny…
First off you are growing trees – what is being planted are seeds or saplings.
2 billion sounds a lot. but any competent planter can do over 1000 in an hour
(…the world record is 15 000 – but let’s go with the 1k)
So that’s employing one person for one hour 1000 trees planted.
Employing just 300 people – that’s 300k trees – in one hour.
If those 300 folk work a seven hour day. That’s 2.1million trees. In 1 day.
If they work a five day week. That’s 10.5 million trees in a week.
If they only plant trees for 30 weeks a year. That’s 315 million trees in a year.
So employing just 300 people – delivers over 15% of the target in a year.
…and it’s a twenty year target.
Oh and if you are wondering where there would be space for them all – the entirety takes up just a little bit more 2.7% of land mass than the amount of ground currently covered by golf courses (2.5%).
This is like Labour’s other policies – reasonable, doable, and necessary.
First off you are growing trees – what is being planted are seeds or saplings.
2 billion sounds a lot. but any competent planter can do over 1000 in an hour
(…the world record is 15 000 – but let’s go with the 1k)
So that’s employing one person for one hour 1000 trees planted.
Employing just 300 people – that’s 300k trees – in one hour.
If those 300 folk work a seven hour day. That’s 2.1million trees. In 1 day.
If they work a five day week. That’s 10.5 million trees in a week.
If they only plant trees for 30 weeks a year. That’s 315 million trees in a year.
So employing just 300 people – delivers over 15% of the target in a year.
…and it’s a twenty year target.
Oh and if you are wondering where there would be space for them all – the entirety takes up just a little bit more 2.7% of land mass than the amount of ground currently covered by golf courses (2.5%).
This is like Labour’s other policies – reasonable, doable, and necessary.
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