> That's an assumption. And even if it were true, those trees would take years to begin to sequester the same amount of carbon that the previously existing tree

> That's an assumption. And even if it were true, those trees would take years to begin to sequester the same amount of carbon that the previously existing trees did. And even then, it's not obvious that those new trees would sequester more carbon than the previous trees would have had they been allowed to continue growing. It's a very safe assumption