How Qantas is bringing back Airbus A380s from the California desert

Re:How Qantas is bringing back Airbus A380s from the Califor... by OkayPhysicist on Thursday April 20, 2023 @07:28PM (#35647929)

It literally does reduce emissions if you factor in the fact that I grew the tree, offsetting an equal amount of carbon.

Maybe this will help you think about it:

If I drove over to the supermarket and back, and then planted a tree that would sequester an equal amount of carbon to the amount I released driving to the supermarket, would you agree that I am offsetting/reducing my emissions?

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Re:How Qantas is bringing back Airbus A380s from the Califor... by WalterBright on Friday April 21, 2023 @01:48AM (#35650166)

The CO2 released from burning a new log or an old log makes no difference whatsoever. If you want to plant a tree, it has nothing to do with whether you burned an old or a new log.

Do you know the reason why England set up the Jamestown settlement? Because they wanted to make glass. Why set up a glassmaking operation in America? Because they ran out of trees in England for fuel for the glass furnaces.

A lot of places in the world have been deforested for fuel - and this was before coal. Do you really think biofuels from wood, cow fat, and algae ponds are going to make any difference? It's just a fantasy.

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Re:How Qantas is bringing back Airbus A380s from the Califor... by OkayPhysicist on Friday April 21, 2023 @07:14PM (#35661510)

You did not answer the question. It's really not complicated: Can I offset my burning of one tree by planting another? Yes or No.

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