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by SoftTalker 1455 days ago
Unfortunately I'd bet that the paper production and delivery to your mailbox emits much more carbon than the paper itself sequesters.
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Exclude that as a sunk cost: the paper is coming to your mailbox either way. The only difference is, does the carbon get sequestered in the dump, or does it prevent another artificially-fast-growing pine from being processed into paper? Which of those options is less damaging? I don’t have the data, but I feel like it’s probably pretty close.