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Surely the manufacturing process for paper uses more carbon than was extracted from the atmosphere by the former tree? Or have I misunderstood the idea here/it'
by OJFord 3y ago
Surely the manufacturing process for paper uses more carbon than was extracted from the atmosphere by the former tree? Or have I misunderstood the idea here/it's not regular paper?
- boxed 3y agoPaper manufacturing isn't very carbon intensive. Paper mills for example look great on environmentalist scare-propaganda, but the big clouds of smoke are almost 100% water vapor :P The mills themselves burn lignin for power and even export it.