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Trees eventually rot or burn, which releases most of the carbon again. Once a forest is mature carbon sequestration is minimal to zero: https://www.sciencedaily

• ryan_j_naughton 4y ago
  In their natural form, you are correct. But if you cut down those trees and put them in Wood Vaults, specially engineered enclosures to ensure anaerobic environments, thus preventing wood decay -- then you would properly sequester the carbon. That is literally what happened in the carboniferous period that caused all the trees to turn into coal. There is recent research on this that indicates we could achieve a 10 gigaton annual sequestration rate with only a 5% impact on the total terrestrial tree production and at a cost of $30/ton.[1] "The quantity of this wood utilization can be controlled carefully to maintain a desired amount of CO2 in the atmosphere to keep the Earth’s climate from diving into the next ice age, acting as a climate thermostat." [1] https://cbmjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13021-022-00202-0 https://cbmjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13021...
  • ambrose2 4y ago
    Is there anyone implementing this Wood Vault concept yet?
    • bobbylarrybobby 4y ago
      The closest thing I've seen is actually skyscrapers built out of wood. Same idea but actually useful