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Originally Posted by local
Is that a trick question as I cannot think of a reason to post it ?
The answer is that they will decompose, releasing the CO2 that they absorbed, it may take some time: fungi, insects and bacteria will do the decomposition, but ultimately the CO2 they took in will be released back into the atmosphere. Trees are not the answer to removing CO2 (though they can lock it up for many decades...which may be helpful).
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Originally Posted by Snig's foot
The answer is that they will decompose, releasing the CO2 that they absorbed, it may take some time: fungi, insects and bacteria will do the decomposition, but ultimately the CO2 they took in will be released back into the atmosphere. Trees are not the answer to removing CO2 (though they can lock it up for many decades...which may be helpful).
Do you not spot the awfully large hole in your thinking ?
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Originally Posted by Alikado
Was not the coal, oil, Gas, peat etc once vegetation that was absorbing the same carbon?
Yes, it was absorbing carbon. By leaving it in the ground, all that nasty greenhouse gas remains nicely locked up and out of harms way. Unfortunately, we're continuing to liberate it in huge quantities, and experiencing the results.....300 UK flood warnings in a single day. The scale of floods being described as unprecedented. Record rainfall/river levels, countless homes and businesses devastated, etc.
Only by substantially reducing our carbon footprint, can even bleaker scenarios be avoided. For every 1 deg C rise in global temps, the atmosphere gains 7% more water content. Since we're heading for at least a 2 deg C rise, that equates to at least 14% more water content. Which means there are undoubtedly worse floods to come.
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Originally Posted by local
Millions of trees are being planted in this country and others without recourse to burning them by the likes of the National Trust 20 million, World land Trust 22,14140, The Tree Council and many others.
Long may that continue - and the more finance made available for enabling it the better.....But let's not forget, there are also many bonus acres of sustainably-managed commercial woodland.
Those trees grown for profit are, as a matter of course, cropped in rotation, being sold as timber products (inc logs). Without customer demand for these forestry products, commercial planting becomes non-viable, and voila - less wooded acreage in the UK
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Originally Posted by local
Do you not spot the awfully large hole in your thinking ?
I'm all ears! Do tell!
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I have to assume this is a wind up so I'll leave you to it.
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Originally Posted by Snig's foot
The answer is that they will decompose, releasing the CO2 that they absorbed, it may take some time: fungi, insects and bacteria will do the decomposition, but ultimately the CO2 they took in will be released back into the atmosphere. Trees are not the answer to removing CO2 (though they can lock it up for many decades...which may be helpful).
Whoops! Trees absorb CO2, where it is combined with water to produce sugar to feed the trees, releasing a by product of oxygen into the atmosphere. 1 molecule of CO2 adds one atom of carbon to the plant and produces 1 molecule of O2.
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Originally Posted by said
Whoops! Trees absorb CO2, where it is combined with water to produce sugar to feed the trees, releasing a by product of oxygen into the atmosphere. 1 molecule of CO2 adds one atom of carbon to the plant and produces 1 molecule of O2.
As I've said before, once dead, trees do not absorb carbon. And they all die. Once dead they release carbon.
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Originally Posted by Little Londoner
Our resident cyclist *** tree hugger advocates cutting down trees and burning them, funny how somehow he makes a living out of burning trees.
Hypocrite is a mild name for him I prefer something far far more abusive.
So c u m is a naughty word is it ? Pity the QLocal Chorlton c u m Hardy site if there is one. Wet lettuces *** to mind
Simply put, you are an idiot. Grow up.
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Originally Posted by Snig's foot
As I've said before, once dead, trees do not absorb carbon. And they all die. Once dead they release carbon.
It might help for you to understand why forests work the hole in your thinking is lets say large and cringeworthy.
It might help to think beyond one tree and not just the bit you see !
http://www.hiilipuu.fi/articles/carbon-cycle
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Originally Posted by Snig's foot
As I've said before, once dead, trees do not absorb carbon. And they all die. Once dead they release carbon.
Very little since much of the carbon absorbed has been changed by photosynthesis to sugar.
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