David HoAug 5, 2023

Is everyone on the same page that old-growth forests sequester much more carbon than younger forests?

So it makes more sense to focus on not cutting down trees rather than planting new trees since it takes two to three decades for trees to reach full maturity, if they survive.

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@davidho fire laughing at your tree planting carbon offsets
Aug 5, 2023 at 10:00amWeb
Show threadMartinAug 5, 2023
@Person @davidho Indeed, plant with scale like a deity, it will just burn and re-release any carbon captured. The time to think that this is a good pathway forward instead of just leaving it in the ground, is behind us
Show threadcultdevDec 10, 2023
@martintheg @Person @davidho true, though still no reason to eliminate the good tree soldiers we have now, and whose benefit we desperately need. but yeah trees alone will never solve the problem, not even close