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Maybe the sarcasm tag is missing? What's the point of looking at "rate of growth"? Look at how much wood there is in total at any given point! Trees that are re
by ItsMe000001 8y ago
Maybe the sarcasm tag is missing? What's the point of looking at "rate of growth"? Look at how much wood there is in total at any given point! Trees that are removed are not exported to somewhere outside earth, so that growing them faster would remove more carbon.
- richardw 8y agoAs long as the wood isn't burned it's still removing carbon from the atmosphere, which is our primary goal. When the carbon was in the ground it was still fine, we don't need it off-planet. Metaphor: water as carbon. Thick pipe with faster flow can move as much water as a slower moving fat pipe. You're focusing on the cross section of the pipe.
- Scarblac 8y agoMuch of the wood is burned. In the Netherlands (and in the wider EU? Not sure if this is a national or EU thing) power plants have to burn some percentage of biomass instead of fossil fuel to meet "sustainability" targets, and they burn wood pellets imported from the US to do that.