On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:00:11 -0800, delboy wrote:

This is interesting as well:

http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/whaton...880533072.html

Deforestation not only reduces CO2 capture from the atmosphere (and
Oxygen release), but if the wood is burnt much CO2 is released (and O2
consumed). A case for building log cabins perhaps?

Another implication is that 'offsetting your carbon footprint' by paying
to plant forests is pretty much garbage. The tree is only a temporary CO2
store because the carbon it captures is released when the wood is burnt
or the tree dies and rots.


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