Trees vs CO2 in the atmosphere

If you really want to laugh, look at CO2 absorption rates of plant life in shallow water. It’s off the charts per acre vs trees.

I’ve had conversations with trees before

You'll have to explain this one.

Growing trees convert CO2 into wood. Mature trees don’t absorb much CO2 at all. And rotting trees return all of the carbon back to air.

No carbon is destroyed, and trees aren’t very good at long term sequestration.

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So how about just burying trees then?

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That approach definitely worked during the Carboniferous period.

Between 2010 and 2020, the net loss in forests globally was 4.7 million hectares per year.

- Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020

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The average tree consumes about 30 pounds of CO2 per year.

There are about 3 trillion trees on Earth.

Human CO2 emissions are estimated to be about 33B metric tons per year.

Our planet is getting greener.

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That’s nice, dear.

Yes, Trees absorb CO2 during growth. When they die, they release it back. I'm not if they take in more than release when die or not.

An interesting process is biomass energy. Plant 10 trillion trees, let them absorb CO2, then chop them down and burn to create biomass energy. You'd have to put carbon capture and sequestration on the Biomass energy. Expensive process compared to nat gas turbines.

Why’s that? It’s not influenced by local pockets of pollution and higher where levels have stabilized giving a better picture of the average