Planting 1.2T Trees Could Cancel Out a Decade of CO2 Emissions

Re:Planting 1.2T Trees Could Cancel Out a Decade of CO2 Emis... by bjourne on Sunday April 21, 2019 @03:50PM (#19714153)

It is not difficult but doing it without the right machinery requires back-breaking labor. It looks like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUzeruQT8xE I did it one full weekend and I was totally exhausted. Of course, there exists machines to do that, but then you can't have every person in the world chipping in.

But planting is just the first step. If you own a growing forest it needs to be culled periodically, meaning that you cut down the worst performing 10-20% of all trees.

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Re:Planting 1.2T Trees Could Cancel Out a Decade of CO2 Emis... by ip26 on Sunday April 21, 2019 @10:53PM (#19716056)

That video is what you consider back-breaking? I planted ten trees on my property with a mattock & shovel over the course of two weeks, removing maybe fifty gallons of clay for each hole, and while it was hard I wouldn't describe it as back-breaking. You'd also adapt to it as you got stronger...

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