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Those are called "trees" and were actively killing them to create farm land to feed an ever growing population.

• HPMOR 3y ago
  *we’re
• recuriosity 3y ago
  Have you considered that taking out CO2 from the air will also kill trees and other plant life? CO2 is their air to breath. But of course, let's trust corporations and government to carefully calculate exactly how much CO2 they should take out. Can't wait for the revival of the ice age scare from the 80s...
  • phanimahesh 3y ago
    Taking out too much co2 won't be a problem until it turns massively profitable.
• pengaru 3y ago
  But are trees the most efficient technology for the job? Trees evolved to work with the inputs of their environment, we can engineer practically anything in terms of what materials/inputs are available to a synthetic tree having the sole purpose of spitting out solid carbon. It's non-trivial to prevent other nations from destroying their forests. But nations that care might be able to make up for it with engineering, from anywhere else on the planet, at least in terms of atmospheric co2. Is the best way for such a nation to do so to just plant trees, or can we do better? It seems like a path worth at least exploring the possibilities of.