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Re:Empress trees absorb about 103 tons of carbon a year per ... by gingabriska on Saturday August 03, 2019 @03:23AM (#20599122)
>Can vast regions in the USA and other countries be re-forested? Yes, if the willpower is there.

China and India already plant a lot of trees.

US can sit back relax and dedicate that space to more research centers and get ahead while China/India are busy squeezing their population and putting up large pieces of land for reforestation.

Not every country has to do it, not many in Europe will shell out for reforestation.

The carbon in atmosphere will have effect nomatter where the tree is.

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Re:Empress trees absorb about 103 tons of carbon a year per ... by Merg on Saturday August 03, 2019 @04:11AM (#20599238)
Large part of Europe already did it. USA is backwater it seems...
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Re:Empress trees absorb about 103 tons of carbon a year per ... by mitchty on Monday August 05, 2019 @10:54AM (#20614666)
Based on what?

https://education.seattlepi.com/rates-deforestation-reforest...

The US is more forested than it has been in the past.

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Re:Empress trees absorb about 103 tons of carbon a year per ... by driven20 on Monday August 05, 2019 @07:54AM (#20613337)
This is a very selfish view. Plus, I don't think it's even valid.
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