• frezik@midwest.social
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      5 months ago

      Trees are great for other reasons, but they grow far too slow to capture significant carbon. The fastest natural carbon sinks are algae.

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        I say, we damn up all of the arctic circle, propagate Azolla there, kill it off and sink it every season. Nature did it once! We can do it again!

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      But think of all the space that would take! If you replant forests where are we going to put our superhighways and parking lots?