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Re:The world has more trees than it did 35 years ago (2021) by standeven on Monday September 12, 2022 @05:36PM (#32817340)
The CO2 is only released if we burn them. If we use the wood for building materials or other goods with long-term storage, the carbon continues to be locked up.
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Re:The world has more trees than it did 35 years ago (2021) by pvaldes on Monday September 12, 2022 @06:06PM (#32817659)
And if we let them growing and rooting for another 100 years instead we would have a much faster CO2 sink.
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