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minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·7 months agoIf only there was a way to turn CO2 back into a solid form of carbon, release O2, and it could all be powered by the sun, for free. What a world that would be.
minus-squareNightoftheLemmy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoI am weak in science. Is this sarcasm or does a method really exist? I am extremely curious. Please enlighten me.
minus-squarecheesepotatoes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·7 months agoTrees. He’s talking about trees.
minus-squareNightoftheLemmy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoI feel extremely dumb now. I am gonna take my leave.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-27 months agoTrees end up releasing a lot of carbon down the road
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoWe’re releasing a lot of carbon right now. The neat thing is when a tree dies and starts releasing it again, the trees around it absorb it, and here’s the best part: They plant new trees all on their own.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-27 months agoDoesn’t help through forest fires But the tree angle is mostly used by polluters to say they are carbon neutral because they planted some trees somewhere so they can continue polluting Not saying you are one of them, just to not put so much stock in it when we should be aiming for elimination
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoI mean I’ll agree 100% that carbon credits or whatever they’re called now is bollocks. But more trees can’t hurt. And they’re nicer than endless fields of corn.
If only there was a way to turn CO2 back into a solid form of carbon, release O2, and it could all be powered by the sun, for free.
What a world that would be.
I am weak in science. Is this sarcasm or does a method really exist? I am extremely curious. Please enlighten me.
Trees. He’s talking about trees.
I feel extremely dumb now. I am gonna take my leave.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree
😂🙏🏽
Trees end up releasing a lot of carbon down the road
We’re releasing a lot of carbon right now.
The neat thing is when a tree dies and starts releasing it again, the trees around it absorb it, and here’s the best part: They plant new trees all on their own.
Doesn’t help through forest fires
But the tree angle is mostly used by polluters to say they are carbon neutral because they planted some trees somewhere so they can continue polluting
Not saying you are one of them, just to not put so much stock in it when we should be aiming for elimination
I mean I’ll agree 100% that carbon credits or whatever they’re called now is bollocks.
But more trees can’t hurt. And they’re nicer than endless fields of corn.