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Carbon capture is a good point for carbon storage part of the environmental movement. And total Acreage burned per year continues to increase. Year - million
by 0000011111 4y ago
Carbon capture is a good point for carbon storage part of the environmental movement.
And total Acreage burned per year continues to increase.
Year - million acres burned
2015 - 10.13
2020 - 10.12 (over 1 million on the dixie fire in CA alone)
2017 - 10.03
https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/IF10244.pdf https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/IF10244.pdf
Thats 21% of all federal land in 3 years! * total federal land in USA = 640 million acres.
For contrast in a good year YNSP might controlled burn 1,000 Acres.
It is all going to burn.
We need to find a better way to capture carbon.
- GavinMcG 4y agoWhat percentage of captured carbon does burning release? (And on what time frame? Fire is an important part of some ecosystems in the long run, even if not the short.)