Decrement carbon: Stripe's negative emissions commitment

Re:Decrement carbon: Stripe's negative emissions commitment by ElKrist on Friday August 16, 2019 @09:04AM (#20714744)

Please also include a resolution to reduce your carbon emissions.

Remember that planting trees only work if you have the guarantee that in the future these trees will not be burned. Also, some natural decomposition also emits CO2

Planting trees can delay/slow down climate change. What happens in a decade when planting trees does not scale anymore and we've kept increasing our emissions in the same time?

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Re:Decrement carbon: Stripe's negative emissions commitment by Beltiras on Friday August 16, 2019 @09:16AM (#20714816)

I am about 50 years old. Planting trees scales for at least 50 years. Something on the order of 1000 trees will offset the entire footprint of a upper-middle class non-jetsetter (eats meat, travels 2-4 times per year, car, modest house).

There are a lot of technology promises on the horizon that will hopefully solve the next inflection point, but that's not my climate crisis, it will be the next generation. Hopefully by then the human race will have developed fusion or other energy technologies.

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