• boonhet@sopuli.xyz
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      5 hours ago

      Trees are hard to count to an exact number, but we know the total area of land. A million euros per hectare sounds like a reasonable starting point for illegal clear cutting by a large foreign company. That only makes 330 million in this instance, sure, but it’s at least an order of magnitude more than the timber itself + the land itself it sits on is worth. A hectare is not a lot of land, 330 is a bit more, but Finland has over 20 million hectares of forest.

      If they deforested all of Finland in a similar manner, that would then cost them 20 trillion, which they could never afford. Additionally, Finland’s annual budget is under 100 billion euros. For 20 trillion they could reforest the entire country and have 19.something trillion left over for vengeance and/or betterment of their own country.

      • 2ndDegreeOWO
        1·
        1 hour ago

        Trees are hard to count to an exact number, but we know the total area of land.

        Easy to estimate, though. Look at the neighboring patches of forest that weren’t destroyed, count how many trees per hectare are in those patches, then multiply by the number of hectares Google cleared. Then multiply by the fine per tree.

        How much would it cost to replace a mature evergreen tree? Probably in the range of $25-50K? So let’s say $50K per tree.