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Yes, burning wood is carbon neutral in the long run but clearly emits carbon now (and the earth gets hotter now). It would be nice to think about maybe collect
by joe_the_user 6y ago
Yes, burning wood is carbon neutral in the long run but clearly emits carbon now (and the earth gets hotter now).
It would be nice to think about maybe collecting undergrowth and turning it to charcoal in something like a kiln and then burying it - reverse coal mining. Of course, we'd want to stop regular coal mining first.
- rajamaka 6y agoThe logistics required to do this will eventuate in much more CO2 being emitted than just burning the undergrowth.
- rmrm 6y agoPlants leave roots in the ground and carbon in soil. No till farming practices of grains and corns sequester massive amounts of carbon into the soil. We dont need to do anything special just quit doing things wrong.
- adrianN 6y agoI think you underestimate the amount of carbon we dug out of the soil if you believe that no-till farming will sequester even a fraction of that back in reasonable time frames.