Thomas McClintock actually said...

"Well, that is exactly right. And that gets me to my next point, which is if we are facing warmer weather, and if CO2 is the culprit, doesn't that point to a greater need to keep the tree density under..."

"Does it suggest also that perhaps we should expedite the salvage of fire-killed timber while it still has some value and before it begins to decay and release enormous quantities of CO2 into the atmos..."

"treatment matters."

"These forests are going to grow, regardless of whether we manage them or not, so we are either going to grow timber products and use them, or we are going to grow firewood."