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Trees? am I not seeing the obvious here? A forest sounds nice. Also algae? Eats tons of carbon, generates most of our o2.
by freddealmeida 5y ago
Trees? am I not seeing the obvious here? A forest sounds nice. Also algae? Eats tons of carbon, generates most of our o2.
- guerrilla 5y agoI can't find the reference but a study I read recently said that afforestation could only satisfy 30% of what we need for carbon removal. Here's a result in Wikipedia that says something similar: > A 2019 study of the global potential for tree restoration showed that there is space for at least 9 million km2 of new forests worldwide, which is a 25% increase from current conditions. This forested area could store up to 205 gigatons of carbon or 25% of the atmosphere's current carbon pool by reducing CO2 in the atmosphere and introducing more O2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afforestation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afforestation
- DennisP 5y agoAnd the direct air capture machines capture about a thousand times as much CO2 for the same amount of land.