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> Older trees that are maintaining a steady state should consume a net of almost 0 CO2. They are a storage of CO2. If we replaced all old trees with new ones w
by hourago 4y ago
> Older trees that are maintaining a steady state should consume a net of almost 0 CO2.
They are a storage of CO2. If we replaced all old trees with new ones we will gain a lot of potential for CO2 capture but at the cost of releasing massive amounts of CO2 to the atmosphere.
You are right. But I think that the point was to notice that we may have lost many good trees even if we are trying to add new ones.
- standeven 4y agoThe CO2 is only released if we burn them. If we use the wood for building materials or other goods with long-term storage, the carbon continues to be locked up.
- pvaldes 4y agoAnd if we let them growing and rooting for another 100 years instead we would have a much faster CO2 sink.
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