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The plants are not really consuming CO2 in a grown forest, or more accurately they are consuming and releasing CO2 at the same rate. A growing forest does cons
by Majestic121 6y ago
The plants are not really consuming CO2 in a grown forest, or more accurately they are consuming and releasing CO2 at the same rate.
A growing forest does consume CO2 more than it releases, but it does not seem to be the case now
- chordalkeyboard 6y agoYour comment, and the sibling that made similar observations, are correct. But a regulatory system where people are taxed on the net carbon contribution of their holdings is likely to reward them for owning land that is occuppied by plants.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoBut the point still is that net carbon contribution of land occupied by plants is zero.
- chordalkeyboard 6y agoI think the point from Ikea’s perspective is that the regulatory regime may consider it to be net positive.