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> and produces timber which is not nice and desirable timber, to avoid the temptation Why is this necessary? Wouldn't using it as timber still capture the carb
by stordoff 7y ago
> and produces timber which is not nice and desirable timber, to avoid the temptation
Why is this necessary? Wouldn't using it as timber still capture the carbon, albeit not as completely as the scenario above?
- nine_k 7y agoIf that timber stays a wooden structure for several centuries, it would, for that time! Maybe we should start to build more long-term things from timber, likely we would fire-proof them well. But steel, concrete, and plastics are still much easier to use for long-term structures like large buildings, bridges, roads, etc. If it's used to produce paper, or wooden packaging, or for making chopsticks, etc, it would likely not. All these things are expendable, and most likely will end up either burned or rotted, releasing the carbon as CO2. Recycling helps this, of course.