Should We Be Planting More Trees?

[Tom.G]

Quoting from that link:
"...potential of up to 10 gigatonnes CO2 per year with existing technology at a low cost of $30 to $100 per tonne after optimization."

I'm wondering about the availability of the needed 30gigadollars.

 

[pinball1970]

Quoting from that link:
"...potential of up to 10 gigatonnes CO2 per year with existing technology at a low cost of $30 to $100 per tonne after optimization."

I'm wondering about the availability of the needed 30gigadollars.

Yes it is a lot of money and just one idea. Hurricanes are costly also and they have increased since the 1980s, attributed to GW.

 

[Baluncore]

Just a quick link on planting wood to sequester Carbon

Coal and oil were once a good way to sequester carbon, but that was back in the carboniferous period. Those stores have been exploited over the last few centuries. We need better security. Bribery, corruption, and corporate cupidity, do too much damage.

To plant and establish a forest, is expensive.
Not to cut down a forest, is free. That would be a good start.

 

[pinball1970]

To plant and establish a forest, is expensive.
Not to cut down a forest, is free. That would be a good start.

Like I said just one idea. The FSC is another in terms of trees/wood.

 

[Astronuc]

Denmark will plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest
https://abcnews.go.com/Internationa...1-billion-trees-convert-10-farmland-115964316

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Danish lawmakers on Monday agreed on a deal to plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest and natural habitats over the next two decades in an effort to reduce fertilizer usage.

The government called the agreement “the biggest change to the Danish landscape in over 100 years.”

"The Danish nature will change in a way we have not seen since the wetlands were drained in 1864,” said Jeppe Bruus, head of Denmark's Green Tripartite Ministry, created to implement a green deal reached in June among farmers, the industry, the labor unions and environmental groups.

Under the agreement, 43 billion kroner ($6.1 billion) have been earmarked to acquire land from farmers over the next two decades, the government said.

 

[Astronuc]

I heard a brief article on the radio about the Visingsö Oak Forest. I was interested because it mentioned that oak trees were planted between larch and another (possibly coniferous) species. I'm trying to learn more.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/visingso-oak-forest

https://www.internationaloaksociety.org/content/denmarks-navy-oaks-repurposed
Apparenly, Denmark had a similar program.

Most forestry entities do not want to wait 150 to 200 years to harvest. Instead, fast growing species are harvested as soon as economically practical, perhaps as much as 30 years. But if someone is willing to wait, this is one possibility. In areas where harvesting is not driven by lumber, forest restoration would be ideal - not necessarily with oaks, but with appropriate species for the geography.