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If the aim is to sequester carbon, then planting trees seems to be only half the solution. We also need to prevent the captured carbon reentering the atmosphere
by gnode 7y ago
If the aim is to sequester carbon, then planting trees seems to be only half the solution. We also need to prevent the captured carbon reentering the atmosphere by combustion or decay. It seems to me that it would be beneficial to landfill as much wood as possible to capture the carbon underground and limit aerobic decay, and rather than recycling wood products, sustainably harvest as much new wood as possible. In this case, the best place to plant a tree would be where it could be most economically lumbered, and the best kind of tree would be that most useful for industry.