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Trees are also oxygen producers. I'm curious how oxygen would be produced around the world if forests decline dramatically. I think we need to consider more t
by PakG1 7y ago
Trees are also oxygen producers. I'm curious how oxygen would be produced around the world if forests decline dramatically. I think we need to consider more than whether or not carbon gets stored.
- missosoup 7y agoWe can trivially produce large quantities of oxygen and hydrogen via electrolysis of water. This is a physics experiment that primary schoolers can do and also the mechanism that submarines use to generate oxygen for the crew.
- solarengineer 7y agoTrees provide much more than just oxygen: shade, forest cover for animals birds and insects, attract rainfall, hold the soil. (On a tangent now) It is also worthwhile noting that putting a monetary value to nature permits us to pollute, to buy permits to pollute, to shrug off cleanups citing such actions to be expensive. Many things can’t be valued by a human ascribed price alone.