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Yes, it's called bamboo and it sequesters 3x the carbon and grows to maturity 10x faster than a normal forest (3 years vs 30 years). And bamboo has some of the
by smoovb 5y ago
Yes, it's called bamboo and it sequesters 3x the carbon and grows to maturity 10x faster than a normal forest (3 years vs 30 years). And bamboo has some of the qualities of rebar, so should mix nicely with concrete. Of course it is best grown in tropical regions, hence why most of the talk here is about trees.
- path411 5y agoBamboo is also incredibly invasive which is great for self propitiating the carbon solution, but terrible if we ruin all of our eco systems for
- smoovb 5y agoSome of the 10,000 species have this property, but by no means is it the defining characteristic. The massive scale of growing bamboo plants that would be needed would best take place in large empty deserts. Finding the right species and water supply should be the main challenge with this concept.