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Timber is carbon that a tree has pulled from the atmosphere. As long as it stays in a building, it's not going back in the atmosphere. Planting trees and turn
by nostoc 9y ago
Timber is carbon that a tree has pulled from the atmosphere.
As long as it stays in a building, it's not going back in the atmosphere.
Planting trees and turning them into timber is a form of carbon sequestration. As long as it doesn't burn or decay...
- sametmax 9y agoAlso France forests are ones of the most well managed in the world. We consistently have more trees growing than being cut.
- hcurtiss 9y agoThat's also true in the US. We have way more trees today than we did 100 years ago. https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/more-trees-than-there-were-100-years-ago-its-true https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stori...
- Neil44 9y agoIt’s interesting, you could say that trees grow out of the air, not the ground.
- kijin 9y agoIndeed, most of the mass of a tree comes from the air. Even the water was in the air not so long ago.
- minikites 9y agoYep, and when you (or any animal) lose weight, you're exhaling your body mass.
- wmblaettler 9y agoRichard Feynman on this very subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifk6iuLQk28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifk6iuLQk28