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> Just like it's fair to call wood-fire heating carbon-neutral (even though it's not so great from a particulate standpoint). As long as you grow these trees s
by Denvercoder9 5y ago
> Just like it's fair to call wood-fire heating carbon-neutral (even though it's not so great from a particulate standpoint).
As long as you grow these trees specifically for burning. Once you start chopping down forests without replacing them, you're still adding to the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.
- chrisseaton 5y ago> As long as you grow these trees specifically for burning. I don't think anyone's chopping down ancient forests in the West anymore.
- _whiteCaps_ 5y agohttps://thenarwhal.ca/topics/fairy-creek-blockade/ https://thenarwhal.ca/topics/fairy-creek-blockade/ It's still happening in Canada. :(
- slapfrog 5y agoFor the most part, you're right. Monoculture tree farms with straight rows of fast growing pine trees as far as the eye can see are now the norm, for better or worse.