Published: October 31, 2024

  • @not_that_guy05
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    431 month ago

    Slash emissions by using the dead bodies of the source that removes carbon?

    • @gsfraley
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      361 month ago

      I mean, that’s the mechanism by which carbon is removed. It goes into tree, tree dies or gets cut down taking all the solidified carbon with it, new tree gets planted in its place to repeat the cycle. In fact, the fastest way to scrub carbon with the practice is to farm trees, assuming you do it sustainably.

      • @db2
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        191 month ago

        You mean sequestered, not removed. It’s one fire away from being back in circulation.

        • @credo
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          161 month ago

          Well, don’t set any data centers on fire.

        • @[email protected]
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          31 month ago

          Do you propose some alchemy that transforms carbon to another element? Remove carbon from the atmosphere and stop putting more up in there.

          • @[email protected]
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            1 month ago

            graph of binding energy per nucleon for stable nuclei

            And gives some energy (and building material) in the process? Yeah, it’s just kinda hard.

        • @[email protected]
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          21 month ago

          Only the current generation of trees. The previous generations that have been broken down into soil are mostly not going back into the atmosphere as co2

      • @[email protected]
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        31 month ago

        So the best thing you can do with a tree, is to cut it down and use it as materials, if we want to release as little CO2 as possible?

        And ofc this depends on new trees being planted in its stead.

        • @gsfraley
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          11 month ago

          Yes. Growing a tree from sapling to a giant trunk removes significantly more carbon from the atmosphere than an existing trunk sitting there at mass, unable to store much more carbon.

          And yes, that’s why I clarified that new trees would need to be planted, right on the money.

    • BombOmOm
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      131 month ago

      Trees are carbon neutral. They pull the carbon out and sequester it in themselves. When they rot or burn, the carbon is returned.