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What if we just planted more trees?
by randyrand 10y ago
What if we just planted more trees?
- erikpukinskis 10y agoMore expensive than not cutting down existing trees.
- randyrand 10y agoWhat about genetically engineered trees that reproduce and spread for free? Ones designed for removing CO2
- mark_edward 10y agoDoesn't this describe almost every tree?
- AnimalMuppet 10y agoYes, except for the "genetically engineered" and "designed for removing CO2" parts. (Presumably "designed for removing CO2" means "designed for removing more CO2"...)
- trentmb 10y agoInadvertently create a species of flora that out competes others, leading to their extinction?
- deciplex 10y agoCould be, but more likely the opposite: the species will be at a disadvantage compared to its competitors in the wild (which are, naturally, optimized for survival and not correcting humanity's mistakes). It will not thrive on its own and will need help from humans to do its work i.e. probably not scalable.
- lordnacho 10y agoYou need them to want to grow where we don't want to farm, and there's more and more people to feed. Not a bad idea though.
- SquirrelOnFire 10y agoTrees are great short-term carbon storage. When they burn or rot, they re-release most of their carbon back into the atmosphere though.
- joshvm 10y agoOn the other hand burning trees are one of the better ways to produce heating and power because (using fast growing trees) it's a fairly closed cycle of CO2 release and capture. Modern wood burning stoves are incredibly efficient, the one my Dad has approaches 90% if you use it correctly.