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		chii on April 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I liked the idea of carbon offsets until I tried t... I would imagine the requirement to replant the burnt down area would exist. The carbon offset would still exist after replanting, but the time-frame has been shifted to a further future (the time it take the tree to regrow back to pre-burnt size).

yeetsfromhellL2 on April 12, 2022 [–]

Yeah but all that sequestered carbon is now in the atmosphere with your 'offset' emissions while everything still looks good on paper.

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