RE: Noteworthy News
October 31, 2021 at 3:52 pm
(This post was last modified: October 31, 2021 at 4:08 pm by onlinebiker.)
(October 31, 2021 at 3:46 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(October 31, 2021 at 3:39 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: And it never fails to amaze me that you just beeeleeeve whatever is popular on the left........
What, that trees make excellent carbon sinks? Yeah, sure went down THAT rabbit hole, didn’t I ?
Boru
Storing carbon in trees is a bit like storing water by drinking beer.... It' s nice and enjoyable but it is a short term solution that needs constant upkeep....
Many species of trees have a shorter lifetime than humans. Then - when the tree dies you have two choices - let it rot - producing methane or burn it - releasing CO2.
It gets you nowhere in the long term.
Plus - you have to maintain trees - which takes energy...
If you simply plant trees like crazy - and don' t maintain the undergrowth you get huge piles of accumulated kindling.... It' s a big reason why the Western US has had so many uncontrolled fires. So what are you going to do with all that dead undergrowth? Burn it or let it rot? Either way the carbon eventually finds it' s way back into circulation....
