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It is also misleading in that burning trees and burning fossil fuels is very different in terms of global warming. The carbon trees are made of was extracted f
by dougmany 11y ago
It is also misleading in that burning trees and burning fossil fuels is very different in terms of global warming. The carbon trees are made of was extracted from the air as the tree grew so the net added to at atmosphere is zero. The carbon from fossil fuels was nicely sequestered before it was dug up an burnt, adding to total carbon concentration in the air.
Edit: OK I read the second half about peat and yes, the peat was sequestered before the fire so that is not good.
- seunosewa 11y agoAlso, methane. It's worse than CO2 for 2 reasons: (1) It contributes far more to global warming, pound for pound. (2) Once you emit it, you can't take it back by planting trees, etc.
- masklinn 11y agoThen again methane naturally reacts with hydroxyl radicals into CO2 and water. The normal lifecycle of atmospheric methane is ~10 years.