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Re:Brazil to open 860K acres of protected Amazon rainforest ... by vortico on Saturday July 15, 2017 @11:18PM (#14780298)
I'm not sure why you're downvoted because you're correct. But I suppose microcolonel's point is that capitalism has converted them to private forests for harvest.

I should note that growing forests consume 10-11 times more CO2 than old growth forests, and the US is excellent at keeping growth rates as high as possible or a given tract of land.

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Re:Brazil to open 860K acres of protected Amazon rainforest ... by autokad on Sunday July 16, 2017 @12:01PM (#14782533)
when a forest grows, it consumes c02, when it dies, it returns it. its zero net.
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Re:Brazil to open 860K acres of protected Amazon rainforest ... by nanomonkey on Sunday July 16, 2017 @02:41PM (#14783490)
Not necessarily, if one make bio-char from the wood the carbon is stable for ~10k years, even if buried in the soil (terra pretax). This can be done successfully during the gasification process for producing heat, syngas and electricity. Also any items made from the wood that do not rot will not release their CO2 for the lifetime of the product.
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