@testeronious to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected] • 8 months agoTaking CO2 out of the air would be an absurdly expensive way to fight climate changewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square87arrow-up1303arrow-down16
arrow-up1297arrow-down1external-linkTaking CO2 out of the air would be an absurdly expensive way to fight climate changewww.theverge.com@testeronious to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected] • 8 months agomessage-square87
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•8 months agoWe’re releasing a lot of carbon right now. The neat thing is when a tree dies and starts releasing it again, the trees around it absorb it, and here’s the best part: They plant new trees all on their own.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•edit-28 months agoDoesn’t help through forest fires But the tree angle is mostly used by polluters to say they are carbon neutral because they planted some trees somewhere so they can continue polluting Not saying you are one of them, just to not put so much stock in it when we should be aiming for elimination
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months agoI mean I’ll agree 100% that carbon credits or whatever they’re called now is bollocks. But more trees can’t hurt. And they’re nicer than endless fields of corn.
We’re releasing a lot of carbon right now.
The neat thing is when a tree dies and starts releasing it again, the trees around it absorb it, and here’s the best part: They plant new trees all on their own.
Doesn’t help through forest fires
But the tree angle is mostly used by polluters to say they are carbon neutral because they planted some trees somewhere so they can continue polluting
Not saying you are one of them, just to not put so much stock in it when we should be aiming for elimination
I mean I’ll agree 100% that carbon credits or whatever they’re called now is bollocks.
But more trees can’t hurt. And they’re nicer than endless fields of corn.