Re:Is everything an MLM
by ehmish on Sunday April 21, 2019 @05:03PM
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Depends what you burying, if it's paper and food waste, it is sequestering. Paper and food contain carbon pulled from the atmosphere, and by preventing it from decomposing by excluding oxygen (e.g most landfills) you get carbon sequestration
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That causes anerobic composting which turns the carbon into methane. This is either recaptured and burned or goes into the atmosphere.
Only small amounts of the carbon are converted to methane... enough that capture is worthwhile, but there is certainly a significant portion remaining below ground.