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

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- credo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Well, don’t set any data centers on fire.
  
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  - RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    But what if I really want to :(
    
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  - db2@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Noted for the future.
    
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- HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  So is every tree
  
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- sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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