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Old 9th April 2009
silvernut silvernut is offline
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I suppose with real trees it would take years before they were "operating at capacity" in terms of inhaling CO2, whereas you could ready-make them to be going at full pelt from day one.
Young trees use more carbon than mature ones. The carbon is used to make wood and leaves.

But planting more trees is not a viable solution as it doesn't lead to higher taxes.
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