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Most of a tree is CO₂ that the plant has taken out of thin air. This only clicked for me when I started wondering why you never have to refill the soil for a h
by BurningFrog 2y ago
Most of a tree is CO₂ that the plant has taken out of thin air.
This only clicked for me when I started wondering why you never have to refill the soil for a houseplant even when it grows.
- teh_infallible 2y agoRichard Feynman talked about this in his talk about “What is Fire?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1pIYI5JQLE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1pIYI5JQLE
- somenameforme 2y agoThe soil itself is also storing CO2, in a variety of different less than intuitive processes. The most obvious is when parts of the plant die and breakdown into the soil itself.