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> Burning will return what the tree pulled out of the atmosphere, so it's already carbon neutral. Couldn't you make the same argument about burning literally a
by jstanley 6y ago
> Burning will return what the tree pulled out of the atmosphere, so it's already carbon neutral.
Couldn't you make the same argument about burning literally anything?
Doesn't burning oil just return carbon to the atmosphere that was already in the atmosphere at one point anyway?
- diamondlovesyou 6y agoOil is CO2 that was previously removed from the cycle. So carbon positive.
- Pfhreak 6y agoCoal and oil are adding carbon to the atmosphere that was not there within human timeframes. Yes, perhaps on a geologic scale it is neutral, but we generally think about carbon on a human scale.