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Afaik fully developed forests are basically carbon neutral, so it's not a permanent way to offset carbon emissions. However we have a lot of unused, deforested
by p1necone 6y ago
Afaik fully developed forests are basically carbon neutral, so it's not a permanent way to offset carbon emissions. However we have a lot of unused, deforested land on this planet so it can be a carbon sink for quite some time.
- WalterBright 6y agoAs I noted, mature trees can be cut to provide building materials, and new trees can then sequester more carbon.
- dahfizz 6y agoMature forests are carbon neutral year over year, but they have a massive amount of carbon sequestered in them at any one time.
- _jahh 6y agonot to mention the production of humus