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OsrsNeedsf2Pyesterday at 2:59 PM1 replyview on HN

It's little appreciated since tree growth still consumes CO2


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adreganyesterday at 3:35 PM

I suppose I’m pointing it out to highlight the trade offs with any of these solutions.

What is unsaid is that we need to sequester CO2 for hundreds of years—often far beyond the lifespan of the trees. Trees are short term storage, and sometimes the storage is a lot shorter than popular imagination purports.

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