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I made a google sheet that calculated that planting trees along the state and interstate highways for 1/2 the state of MN would capture enough carbon annually (
by nickbauman 10y ago
I made a google sheet that calculated that planting trees along the state and interstate highways for 1/2 the state of MN would capture enough carbon annually (when minimum maturity of 30 adult trees per hectare) to offset the carbon footprint of the entire state.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dA5_AMW6EJPDZv2fP-KO1yonDHBGpVivfTCZCrLFgkA/ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dA5_AMW6EJPDZv2fP-KO...
- ph0rque 10y agoThat's fascinating! I noticed your US tab just multiplies the MN output by 50. Can you do a detailed analysis of planting trees along roads all throughout US (or at least the 48 states)? Or is there missing data needed to do that calculation?
- nickbauman 10y agoI want to do that. Many states do not have as good information about their highways available though.
- ph0rque 10y agoPlease let me know when/if you get the info you need. Edit: Can you just use an estimate for the total distance of highways in the US?