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That only "fixes" climate change as long as the trees continue growing and do not die. When dead, trees release their CO_2 that they've sequestered back into the atmosphere due to decomposition. Therefore, assuming those forests stay around, you've only delayed the problem by sinking a fixed amount of CO_2 away into the living biomass of the trees. The only way to make that a permanent sink would be to biochar the trees as soon as they die, which would be a logistical nightmare.

Negative rant over, it's still not a bad idea for the fact that it'd slow down the worst effects of climate change for a while, buying time for other solutions like renewable energy and whatnot, but it's not a pancea.

parent triclops200 6 years ago

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