Comment on Microsoft builds first datacenters with wood to slash carbon emissions

not_that_guy05@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• gsfraley@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨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.

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  • db2@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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    • credo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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      • RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        But what if I really want to :(

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      • db2@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Noted for the future.

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    • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      So is every tree

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    • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨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.

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      • ulterno@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        graph of binding energy per nucleon for stable nuclei

        And gives some energy in the process? Yeah, it’s just kinda hard.

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  • themurphy@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨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.

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    • gsfraley@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨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.

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• BombOmOm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨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.

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