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0 pointsraverbashing6y ago0 comments

It takes years for a tree to grow and decades, possibly hundreds of years for a tree to decompose in its entirety through natural processes (that is, after possibly decades of life).

It is a viable solution.

Edit: if anyone disagrees look up about the Carboniferous period

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notabee6y ago

The Carboniferous period stored that much carbon because the microbes at the time were unable to break down wood[1]. So yes, everyone should read about the Carboniferous period in detail to understand just how many millions of years of stored carbon in ancient plant material we're recklessly blowing out into the atmosphere all at once.

1. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2016/01...

raverbashingOP6y ago

Yes, and trees still take a lot of time to decompose

> The computer model calculates that the “residence times” (how long a tree will take to completely decompose) for conifer species range from 57 to 124 years, while hardwood species are typically around on the forest floor for 46 to 71 years

(I'll stand corrected on the hundreds of years, but it's still a long time)

https://northernwoodlands.org/knots_and_bolts/tree-falls-in-...

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