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A redwood tree can live for more than 2000 years. That seems plenty long for carbon sequestration. We should pay the logging companies to save a certain number
by knoebber 4y ago
A redwood tree can live for more than 2000 years. That seems plenty long for carbon sequestration.
We should pay the logging companies to save a certain number of trees instead of cutting them every 30 or so years.
- toast0 4y agoWhen the trees are logged for use as lumber, the carbon is sequestered into structures and new trees are typically planted (or allowed to grow) for future logging, capturing carbon in the meantime.
- knoebber 4y agoGood point! I wonder if a 1000 year old tree would gather more or less carbon over it's lifetime than 20 separate 50 year old trees?
- zbrozek 4y agoI recall reading somewhere that trees follow a sigmoid growth pattern, reaching a maturity where they no longer create a whole lot more biomass. I think the 20 separate trees would do better.
- quixoticelixer- 4y agoDepends on the trees but if we are talking about redwoods its certainly more for the 1000 year old tree.
- TEP_Kim_Il_Sung 4y agoGiant Sequoias need forrest fires to reproduce. Their pine cones won't open without sufficient heat. This makes sense, if you consider the dense forests these trees create.
- knoebber 4y agoOlder / larger redwoods can survive intense fires. Their bark is fire resistant.
- dendrite9 4y agoThat is less and less true. The intensity of the fires has changed due to the recent history of excessive fire suppression and the resulting fuel accumulation. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/wildfires-kill-unprecedented-numbers-of-large-sequoia-trees.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/wildfires-kill-unprecedente...