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Re:Restoring natural forests is the best way to remove atmos... by ticviking on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @03:11PM (#19557562)
My understanding is that a lot of the carbon is still released as the sap is dried out and so on.
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Re:Restoring natural forests is the best way to remove atmos... by noselasd on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @06:29PM (#19559206)
No, that's not happening. The carbon is by and large stored in the cellulose, hemicellulose and ligning of the wood.

That carbon will go back to co2 again if the wood rots or burns - but not when it dries.

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Re:Restoring natural forests is the best way to remove atmos... by peteradio on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @03:13PM (#19557602)
Got any source on that? Carbon generally isn't released without burning or so I thought. Though, this article seems to suggest that composted wood releases it's carbon which is at odds with what I thought I knew.
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Re:Restoring natural forests is the best way to remove atmos... by bluGill on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @03:35PM (#19557800)
Biological process are generally a slow controlled burn. Compost burns the carbon for the energy that creates, releasing CO2.
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