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> one of the most efficient carbon sinks I thought forests tended to be pretty much neutral once they get old enough for trees to start dying and decomposing.
by tbrownaw 5y ago
> one of the most efficient carbon sinks
I thought forests tended to be pretty much neutral once they get old enough for trees to start dying and decomposing.
- jacquesm 5y agoThere are quite a few species that produce wood that won't decompose nearly as fast as it grew, and we are a good 100 years away from reaching that limit for newly planted forests.
- lazide 5y agoBut how fast do they pull carbon from the atmosphere over that time? If you take some fast growing trees, harvest them just as the curve starts to slow, put that wood to use somewhere it won't rot, and plant new trees that also fast grow - seems like you'd pull out more in aggregate? Personally I'm more of a fan of the geo-weathering type sequestration plans, but if if we have a target, might as well optimize for it?