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94746382926 t1_j5774vw wrote

Reply to comment by happy_hawking in Carbon capture nets 2 billion tonnes of CO2 each year — but it's not enough. As well as cutting emissions, governments need to ramp up investment in carbon dioxide removal technologies to hit climate goals. by filosoful

Trees can buy some time but they're not a permanent solution unfortunately. When they die all that carbon gets released back into the atmosphere.

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bnogal t1_j58iil8 wrote

You just need to use that trees later on.

Build CLT structures per example. Fornitures.

They could easily reduce taxes for CLT material and sustainable wood fornitures. So we store that trees for longer.

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RaffiaWorkBase t1_j57d72d wrote

>When they die all that carbon gets released back into the atmosphere

This is not true.

>Trees can buy some time but they're not a permanent solution unfortunately.

This is absolutely true of CCS technologies.

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civilrunner t1_j58lc0z wrote

We literally just have to bury it and refill the oil wells and then cap them. We can do that with anything that grabs carbon from the atmosphere whether it be trees or direct air capture technology.

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94746382926 t1_j599shx wrote

Yeah I forgot you could bury them or use them in construction. My bad.

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Ralph_Baric_PhD t1_j58yhuq wrote

Empty wells should be used as bioreactors for new methane production, filled with human landfill waste of any kind including plastics all shredded and a starter culture added. Apply temperature and pressure. Not so long later you have feed stocks to remake all that previously fixed carbon.

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