> i can think of much worse things than taking up more of our land with CO2-slurping trees This does not have the effect on atmospheric CO2 that you implying,

> i can think of much worse things than taking up more of our land with CO2-slurping trees This does not have the effect on atmospheric CO2 that you implying, unless the resulting paper is deeply buried - not incinerated, or left to rot, or biodegraded in any way.