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The fuel in a single fully-fueled 747 contains about 150 tons of carbon. A forty-year-old tree contains about 1 ton of carbon. If the jet's fuel tanks get fil
by mbrubeck 7y ago
The fuel in a single fully-fueled 747 contains about 150 tons of carbon. A forty-year-old tree contains about 1 ton of carbon.
If the jet's fuel tanks get filled about 200 times per year, then you need to cut down about 30,000 mature trees per year to supply the carbon to keep it supplied with fuel. This probably adds up to a few thousand acres of forest to continuously meet the needs of a single jumbo jet.
- ianai 7y agoWell you and the rest of the naysayers are in luck. They just burned the amazon rainforest. That probably frees up plenty carbon into the air for the process.
- mbrubeck 7y agoNot trying to be a naysayer; I just wanted to make a rough estimate of just how many trees would be involved in this method. We already have the ability to plant and cut millions of acres of trees for lumber, so this is an entirely possible future. Whether it's more or less efficient than other methods of carbon capture is the real question.