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Dales Cannon

lightbrain about 4pm
Staff member
Nah, just a net emissions thing like plant biomass - carbon released upon consumption is assumed to be taken up again when the new one grows.

As entertaining as running the test would be...
We will need bomb calorimeter data. For all we know you could be speaking out your arse...
 

Freediver

I can go full Karen
From a greenhouse accounting perspective, it's considered zero emissions for CO2.
That would be correct when the trees are planted for fuel, not so correct when it involves clearing forest or chopping down mature trees that lock up way more carbon than a load of saplings.
 

Haakon

Keeps on digging
That would be correct when the trees are planted for fuel, not so correct when it involves clearing forest or chopping down mature trees that lock up way more carbon than a load of saplings.
Yeah, its more of an accounting construct. The theory sorta mostly holds at a national level over 100 year time frames. Sorta....
 

Elbo

pesky scooter kids git off ma lawn
Us filthy rich westerners living off the back of colonialism need a quick reality check! No really, read all the articles on this blog. I can't argue with any of it.

You may enjoy this documentary on Paul Kingsnorth, recovering environmental activist.
 
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