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Old Posted Feb 9, 2019, 8:30 AM
Ben Dover Ben Dover is offline
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365,000,000 tonnes reclaimed per year (one plant) is no laughing matter...definitely better than what we're doing now!

https://projects.ncsu.edu/project/treesofstrength/treefact.htm

"A tree can absorb as much as 48 pounds of carbon dioxide per year and can sequester 1 ton of carbon dioxide by the time it reaches 40 years old."

No small feat in itself...and that's just ONE tree.

http://www.arborenvironmentalalliance.com/carbon-tree-facts.asp

"100 metric tons of CO2 can accumulate in one acre of forest over time."

Canada has over 850 million acres of forest, meaning that they alone can capture 85 billion tonnes of CO2 per year.
Then there's the corn fields:

https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/corn_fields_help_clean_up_and_protect_the_environment

"Our calculations show that number to be in excess of 36,000 lbs. of carbon dioxide per acre!"

When you consider all of this, it's easy to see that reclamation is the way of the future...curtailing emissions helps.
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