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The trick is to cut them down at the optimal point (some time before they stop growing) and replant. Then use the wood in a way which won't release the carbon b
by eternauta3k 9y ago
The trick is to cut them down at the optimal point (some time before they stop growing) and replant. Then use the wood in a way which won't release the carbon back into the atmosphere: don't burn it or let it rot.
- londons_explore 9y agoStopping wood rotting for 20 years is doable. Stopping wood rotting for 1000 years is rather tricky. If you let the wood rot or burn, you're back to where you started.
- nnethercote 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochar
- hydrogen18 9y agoSink it all to the bottom of a cold freshwater lake?
- jaggederest 9y agoChemically speaking making trees inert is relatively simple, if you look at polylactic acid or rayon, there are a lot of polymers you can make out of cellulose that are practically non biodegradable (though humorously they are often labeled as biodegradable since they will degrade in specific conditions e.g. ground very finely and mixed with a large volume of other material in a high-temperature industrial digester).