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MH1

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2. Interesting, but I'm wondering ...

Reply to Jim__ (Original post)

Tue Feb 12, 2019, 05:02 PM

Feb 2019

Anywhere these could be installed to remove CO2 from the atmosphere .... couldn't we just plant real trees instead?

Okay I get the line that these would be 10 times as efficient. So ... an excuse to cut down 10 times as many trees? CO2 reduction isn't the only benefit of real forests.

Sorry to be pessimistic. I actually think this is good research because we will need all possible tools. I just wish we could get reforestation underway instead, or at least along with. Sigh.

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Moving artificial leaves out of the lab and into the air [View all] Jim__ Feb 2019 OP

Interesting... Wounded Bear Feb 2019 #1

Interesting, but I'm wondering ... MH1 Feb 2019 #2