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They’re only carbon neutral if you replant what you’ve cut down.
by realreality 5y ago
They’re only carbon neutral if you replant what you’ve cut down.
- throwaway485239 5y agoYou don't really have to replant -- coppice and pollard are out of fashion, but maybe they can come back. Sprout Lands by William Bryant Logan is a fascinating read.
- uuidgen 5y agoBut that's the idea behind the biomass burning. If you just burn all the forests an be done with it it's a bad idea. But if you replant the forests with fast growing species you can cut them down every 5-10 years and have a lot of biomass to burn in basically a closed cycle.
- _y5hn 5y agoThe new species can be worse for the ecology than not planting. It's not that easy as just plant anything.