Trees take years, and a lot of labour to grow, cut, and bury.
A tree takes out ~1 tonne of carbon out of the atmosphere, over a 40 year lifespan.
Since the industrial revolution, we've emitted 400 billion tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere. By 2050, we'll emit another 150 billion tonnes.
If we want to sequester half of that, we'll need to grow, log, and bury 275 billion trees. Who is going to pay for this?
Bonus points: Digging up coal, so you can burn it, at the same time that you're growing trees, so you can bury them, has got to be one of the worst ideas in the energy-economy space.
A tree takes out ~1 tonne of carbon out of the atmosphere, over a 40 year lifespan.
Since the industrial revolution, we've emitted 400 billion tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere. By 2050, we'll emit another 150 billion tonnes.
If we want to sequester half of that, we'll need to grow, log, and bury 275 billion trees. Who is going to pay for this?
Bonus points: Digging up coal, so you can burn it, at the same time that you're growing trees, so you can bury them, has got to be one of the worst ideas in the energy-economy space.