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Re:Ask HN: Why don't you plant a Giant Sequoia today? by sethammons on Friday August 09, 2019 @04:28PM (#20658011)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20594207

A previous discussion on the empress tree. More climate options for growing. The top comment on the thread:

> So basically each american would have to cultivate about 0.196 acre of empress trees (792 sq meters, or 8522 sq foot) to become carbon neutral.

For me, I'm looking into where I could put some.

Re:Ask HN: Why don't you plant a Giant Sequoia today? by legym on Saturday August 10, 2019 @01:50AM (#20660442)
I'm very torn with this. Empress trees are invasive.