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Don't quote me on this but from memory a tree is able to sequester a lot more in the first couple of years than as a fully grown tree. Intuitively that makes se
by VBprogrammer 7y ago
Don't quote me on this but from memory a tree is able to sequester a lot more in the first couple of years than as a fully grown tree. Intuitively that makes sense.
- village-idiot 7y agoYes, that is true. The carbon sequestration is greatest when the tree is turning CO2 into more tree (e.g. when it’s growing). This process largely stops as a tree hits maturity, and the CO2 is mostly returned when the tree burns or rots. I’m making the explicit assumption that a shade tree will probably be fully grown.