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The thought could be that in "tree form", the material contributes to the net uptake of carbon from the atmosphere, so once it is harvested that negative flux o
by counters 5y ago
The thought could be that in "tree form", the material contributes to the net uptake of carbon from the atmosphere, so once it is harvested that negative flux on the balance sheet shifts equilibrium more towards lower or net negative uptake. It's relative.
- Aperocky 5y agoThat's not true though, the tree stop growing at a certain point and is really carbon neutral until it dies and decays into the ground and new ones replace it. By removing trees and planting new ones, this process is sped up and more carbon is removed from atmosphere.
- naravara 5y agoDuring the age of sail most of those forests were cut down and turned into farms or pasture-land. So there was a net increase in carbon emission just from the expansion in human activity.
- socialdemocrat 5y agoIf you were going to build a farm there anyway, then it’s better to build a ship out of that wood than to burn it down.