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38,000,000,000/4000 = 9,500,000 plants needed to get to net zero, just for the the carbon we are currently putting out, to say nothing of all the carbon current
by danimal88 6y ago
38,000,000,000/4000 = 9,500,000 plants needed to get to net zero, just for the the carbon we are currently putting out, to say nothing of all the carbon currently causing warming...
Seems reasonable to say no.
- totetsu 6y agoHow much carbon release is needed to make 9,500,000 plants..
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- namuol 6y agoReasonable if you assume that progress of this technology has already plateaued. I'm pretty sure we could be putting a lot more money behind this and we would see substantial improvements to efficiency (i.e. $/kg/year). We need every tool we can get to fight this thing.
- new_realist 6y agoThere are 3.04 trillion trees on earth.
- adrianN 6y agoA tree absorbs around 20kg of carbon dioxide a year while growing. To sequester 38 Gigatons you'd need to plant and cut down and bury around 10^12 trees each year, give or take an order of magnitude or two.
- ekianjo 6y agoDon't forget the oceans as part of the equation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_storage_of_carbon_dioxide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_storage_of_carbon_dioxid...