Post AcZSyietkWmCQXG0Rc by gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green
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 (DIR) Post #AcZSyietkWmCQXG0Rc by gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green
       2023-12-07T14:46:09Z
       
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       “Net zero is a veneer. An empty space that companies can promote without being specific.”https://www.fastcompany.com/90966093/stop-pretending-that-planting-trees-can-justify-fossil-fuel-emissions“The priority must be to quickly push emissions towards zero."https://phys.org/news/2023-12-urge-caution-net-climate-policy.html“These dubious practices do nothing to cut current corporate emissions.”https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2023/03/09/zeroing-in-on-greenwashing-how-corporations-misuse-net-zero-pledges/“Almost all companies use net zero terms on their websites.”https://influencemap.org/briefing/The-State-of-Net-Zero-Greenwash-24402
       
 (DIR) Post #AcZSyjSskgl6vYdvM0 by poloniousmonk@mastodon.social
       2023-12-07T15:09:57Z
       
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       @gerrymcgovern Y'know, I bet an intensive attempt to grow plants for carbon capture would have worked.If we'd started in 1985.
       
 (DIR) Post #AcZSykYwfdCeKeUHRY by Selena@ivoor.eu
       2023-12-07T15:28:27Z
       
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       @poloniousmonk @gerrymcgovern Meh.There are currently somewhere between 100-400 trees for every person on earth.Which capture approx 7billion ton CO2 per year. We need 5x that to offset the CO2 that humans produce.Where would we even put these new forests: all the grassland and other fertile soil is also absorbing CO2https://www.sciencenews.org/article/planting-trees-climate-change-carbon-capture-deforestation
       
 (DIR) Post #AcZSylh8SfLfqLKKqe by troed@masto.sangberg.se
       2023-12-07T16:02:05Z
       
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       @Selena Well we had lots more trees before. A very large part of the UK was covered in forests before we cut them down for use as building materials (and to expand farming). @poloniousmonk @gerrymcgovern
       
 (DIR) Post #AcZV1CxqFFVauCQriK by poloniousmonk@mastodon.social
       2023-12-07T16:24:39Z
       
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       @troed I heard Ireland used to be forested, too.Hell, I grew up in New Jersey.  It's called "The Garden State", but in actuality is an asphalt wasteland.