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by scottostler 2617 days ago
That is a lot of trees, but a decade’s worth is a lot of emissions
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Also when they are grown (30 years?) you could chop them, stack the wood or use it in some way that doesn't release the carbon and then grow another lot.
Indeed, we don't talk about the absolute numbers a lot but reportedly more than half of all CO2 emitted by human industrial activity has been released since 1988. So our current per-decade pace of emissions is truly colossal, historic, unprecedented, pick your term.