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Re:Carbon Removal Technologies by tgb on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @05:14PM (#18287555)
I assume any serious paper production company replants the tree, so you start with a tree and end with a tree and landfilled paper.
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Re:Carbon Removal Technologies by TeMPOraL on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @03:52AM (#18290445)
Given strommen's statement about landfilled paper turning into methane, doesn't that mean paper manufacturing is basically a carbon dioxide->methane conversion operation?
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Re:Carbon Removal Technologies by tgb on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @08:41PM (#18297715)
Yes, the possibility I described was for if they did not biodegrade significantly. More reading makes it sound like they degrade in weeks, with a few exceptions.
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