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Re:Meta suspends Netherlands data center due to political pu... by tomp on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @08:29PM (#30862506)
"Planting trees" is an ESG scam.

You cannot "offset carbon" by just planting trees.

You also need to wait until they grow, chop them down, and not burn them but burry them underground instead.

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Re:Meta suspends Netherlands data center due to political pu... by ptudan on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @09:03PM (#30862703)
Not completely accurate, you can harvest and use the wood too, but true you cannot burn it.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/ccrc/topics/carbon-benefits-wood-bas....

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Re:Meta suspends Netherlands data center due to political pu... by tomp on Thursday March 31, 2022 @06:52AM (#30865781)
But what happens to the wood you use? e.g. in buildings

(1) building burns (2) building is torn down and wood rots (3) building eventually collapses and wood rots

i.e. if you don't bury it, it eventually returns into the carbon cycle

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