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  • lemming934@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 months ago

    I’m generally against the idea of planting as many trees as possible.

    Trees are not very good carbon sinks because they decompose and burn. Also, there are also some ecological communities where adding trees makes the land a worse carbon sink.

    Avoiding cutting down forests to build suburbs is something I can certainly get behind though.

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      2 months ago

      Fair, but I think that the economic benefits of growing more wood is a big factor, I’m in the UK so planting trees is OK basically anywhere. I think kelp forests are also a good option, not sure about any other benefits outside of using green house gases.