the Sad thing is those were not sucking CO2 out of the Atmosphere for a long time - they were just carbon neutral because trees and wood does not last forever a

the Sad thing is those were not sucking CO2 out of the Atmosphere for a long time - they were just carbon neutral because trees and wood does not last forever and decaying wood releases the CO2 back in to the air. That means you cannot plant yourself out of climate change in any reasonable time frame.