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On a positive note, seas are not really known for their trees
by tommica 4y ago
On a positive note, seas are not really known for their trees
- imdsm 4y agoI can confirm this
- choeger 4y agoIt is indeed a pitty. Imagine how much carbon could be captured if these pesky seas had their fair share of trees.
- stinos 4y agoIt's quite hard to imagine, because those trees could mess up other carbon sequestration cycles already present in oceans. E.g. phytoplankton uses CO2 but need sunlight to do so.
- jorge-d 4y agoOr maybe we should replace all the trees by Oceans, because they're a much more efficient carbon sink !
- bottled_poe 4y agoWell good news then! This seems to be the current strategy.
- mensetmanusman 4y agoThe ocean captures a lot of CO2…
- _ea1k 4y agoAlso, they aren't known for having high densities of people, unlike the east coast of the US.
- kalupa 4y agoExcept on cruise ships ... 2000-3000 per boat, though, yeah, nothing like Manhattan
- Kirby64 4y agoSure, but consider the density of population covered by a single satellite in space. You could have dozens of boats serviced by a single satellite and have much, much lower density than any city. Since it's the middle of the ocean, you're competing with nobody else (besides, maybe, large ships that also pay for Starlink)