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I think the best way to sequester carbon out of the air is to plant a sapling, let it grow into a big tree, and then keep the tree around (or at least keep the
by UtopiaPunk 3y ago
I think the best way to sequester carbon out of the air is to plant a sapling, let it grow into a big tree, and then keep the tree around (or at least keep the wood in some form). If you know anyone with a chunk of land, try to convince them to plant a lot of trees.
- tsimionescu 3y agoThat is indeed the best you can do, as an individual, for carbon capture. It is also entirely useless, as the amount of carbon a tree sequesters are completely irrelevant at the scale of the problem. The largest tree in the world weighs less than 600 tonnes. That means it captured at best 2200 tons of CO2 - and that is the lifetime total, over 2200-2700 years.
- nullc 3y agoThe math on that is underwhelming.