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> So, all in all, gas power plants produce about 12% of the US's emissions. And the trees absorb each year about 13% of them. Great fact. Got a source?
by dr_dshiv 4y ago
> So, all in all, gas power plants produce about 12% of the US's emissions. And the trees absorb each year about 13% of them.
Great fact. Got a source?
- spoiler 4y agoFWIW, I'm curious to know more about this, too
- credit_guy 4y agoSure, here we go [1] Land Use and Forestry (13% of 2020 greenhouse gas emissions) – Land areas can act as a sink (absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere) or a source of greenhouse gas emissions. In the United States, since 1990, managed forests and other lands are a net sink, i.e., they have absorbed more CO2 from the atmosphere than they emit. [1] https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emis...
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