• Barbarian@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Eventually it reaches an equilibrium

    Yes, it will reach an equilibrium if the forest stays the same size, but that equilibrium uses more carbon. If you have a forest where before there was nothing, then you have trees at all different stages of life, all made of carbon.

    Every dying tree releasing carbon is replaced by a growing tree absorbing it. The forest is carbon neutral if it’s static, absorbs carbon if it grows and emits carbon if it shrinks.

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      3 months ago

      Uhh no, a forest doesn’t need to grow in size to create more co2, don’t forget all the other organisms that get attracted and offset the size. As it grows so does the organisms it attracts, it will always reach an equilibrium, if it grows, more organisms come and consume the “extra” which is no longer extra.

      Its not as simple as everyone try’s to make it to try and make it work, which is literally why scientists have started debunking it and trying to stop all of these carb offset scam forests.

      Sorry,

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        3 months ago

        What makes the vast majority of carbon offset forests a scam is that they existed beforehand and nobody was planning to cut them down, so no new carbon is being removed.