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> It takes about 1,025 trees to offset the average American's emissions [1] That's half of dry land area: earth population * 1 hectare / person / sum eart

> It takes about 1,025 trees to offset the average American's emissions [1] That's half of dry land area: earth population * 1 hectare / person / sum earth continent area 0.516 (2019 estimate) [2] that's fertile half: world arable land ≈ 0.46 × land area on the earth ( 1.4912×10^8 km^2 ) [3] Insufficient. [1] https://savingnature.com/offset-your-carbon-footprint-carbon-calculator/ https://savingnature.com/offset-your-carbon-footprint-carbon... [2] https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=earth+population+*+1+hectare+%2F+person+%2F+sum+earth+continent+area https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=earth+population+*+1+h... [3] https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=world+arable+land https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=world+arable+land

Traster 6y ago
I would assume that the average American is emiting way more than the average human, so you can't just multiply it up by earth's population.
- sergeykish 6y ago
  And forests are different: > Northeast, maple–beech–birch forests > 25 year old forest: 1,760 lbs of CO2 per acre per year > Northeast, white and red pine forests > 25 year old forest: 9,826 lbs of CO2 per acre per year [1] With global CO2 emissions [2]: 35 billion t / (2000 lbs / acre) 1.561×10^8 km^2 (square kilometers) ≈ land area on the earth ( 1.4912×10^8 km^2 ) [3] maple–beech–birch forests would not cut. 35 billion t / (10000 lbs / acre) 3.123×10^7 km^2 (square kilometers) ≈ 0.46 × total area of crop land on Earth (2012 estimate) ( ≈ 2.62×10^7 mi^2 ) [4] pine if used on half of crop land. That's managed forest, no wild forests allowed. [1] http://medcraveonline.com/FREIJ/FREIJ-02-00040.pdf http://medcraveonline.com/FREIJ/FREIJ-02-00040.pdf [2] https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions [3] https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=35+billion+t+%2F+%282000+lbs+%2F+acre%29 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=35+billion+t+%2F+%2820... [4] https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=35+billion+t+%2F+%2810000+lbs+%2F+acre%29 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=35+billion+t+%2F+%2810...
- mhh__ 6y ago
  https://ourworldindata.org/per-capita-co2 https://ourworldindata.org/per-capita-co2 It's true. The USA's Carbon Emissions are horrific (I was going to say borderline genocidal) compared to even the rest of the west.
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Traster 6y ago

I would assume that the average American is emiting way more than the average human, so you can't just multiply it up by earth's population.

sergeykish 6y ago
And forests are different: > Northeast, maple–beech–birch forests > 25 year old forest: 1,760 lbs of CO2 per acre per year > Northeast, white and red pine forests > 25 year old forest: 9,826 lbs of CO2 per acre per year [1] With global CO2 emissions [2]: 35 billion t / (2000 lbs / acre) 1.561×10^8 km^2 (square kilometers) ≈ land area on the earth ( 1.4912×10^8 km^2 ) [3] maple–beech–birch forests would not cut. 35 billion t / (10000 lbs / acre) 3.123×10^7 km^2 (square kilometers) ≈ 0.46 × total area of crop land on Earth (2012 estimate) ( ≈ 2.62×10^7 mi^2 ) [4] pine if used on half of crop land. That's managed forest, no wild forests allowed. [1] http://medcraveonline.com/FREIJ/FREIJ-02-00040.pdf http://medcraveonline.com/FREIJ/FREIJ-02-00040.pdf [2] https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions [3] https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=35+billion+t+%2F+%282000+lbs+%2F+acre%29 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=35+billion+t+%2F+%2820... [4] https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=35+billion+t+%2F+%2810000+lbs+%2F+acre%29 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=35+billion+t+%2F+%2810...
mhh__ 6y ago
https://ourworldindata.org/per-capita-co2 https://ourworldindata.org/per-capita-co2 It's true. The USA's Carbon Emissions are horrific (I was going to say borderline genocidal) compared to even the rest of the west.

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