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Re:In a warming world, New England’s trees are storing more ... by moultano on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @11:15PM (#24056937)
It's the wrong order of magnitude. Reforestation can undo the climate impact of deforestation, but that's pretty small.
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Re:In a warming world, New England’s trees are storing more ... by _jahh on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @01:02AM (#24057418)
on what basis, there is easily sufficient reforestation land compared to building for instance solar farms on greenfield
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Re:In a warming world, New England’s trees are storing more ... by moultano on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @01:23AM (#24057511)
The forests were in equilibrium before we cut them down. At best reforesting them can absorb the amount of carbon it takes to get them back in equilibrium, which is the same amount that was released when they were cut down.
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