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Forrests hold carbon permanently.
by nostromo 7y ago
Forrests hold carbon permanently.
- dewey 7y agoUntil there's a forrest fire
- Symmetry 7y agoNo, trees grow, thrive, die, and then decay releasing the CO2 they'd absorbed in life as well as nutrients used by other life. You have to bury the lumber from a forest far from oxygen to get it to remove CO2 permanently. Also, forests only counter ~1 watt of gasoline combustion per square meter or so. That's only enough to sustain a pre-industrial standard of living as it did, in fact, do Back In The Day.
- nostromo 7y agoA single tree cannot hold carbon forever. But, yes, a forrest can.
- kragen 7y agoYes, this is true; forests hold a little carbon as long as the forest survives.