A new study shows that cutting down trees for paper, furniture, and fuel emits three times more carbon than flying.
The paper is here
A new study shows that cutting down trees for paper, furniture, and fuel emits three times more carbon than flying.
The paper is here
I read the article and wtf. It’s half between a pos article and useful info.
Logging generates a lot of carbon in the atmosphere, and after 75% of the article there is finally the reason : because we are burning it.
Wtf is this pos.
Yes burning wood emits carbon. Like any other burning thing.
But not directly for creating paper, furniture or building.
Tho there is some right in there, where yes wood can also be bad for the environment depending on how it is used, like burning a lot of paper in the trash. Incinerating furniture and other sources of waste…
Burning wood is still better than burning coal either way, since the carbon in wood originally came from the atmosphere.
And if that wood is something like a hybrid poplar, it’s carbon within our lifespan (as opposed to old growth)
Kinda sorta. The conversion of forest land into commerical timberland on net moves carbon from the trees into the atmosphere. There’s also a ton of fraud in that space around emissions claims.