I recently saw the article on New Scientist about "Burying trees to
fight climate change" (May 3rd). I'm not a subscriber so I only was
able to read the first two paragraphs. I found it interesting that the
scientist looked into a student's idea that landfills were the reason
that North America's carbon dioxide emissions aren't as high as they
"should" be. What I'm wondering is whether different building styles
have an effect. North American homes tend to be built "quick and
dirty" with wood frames and dependent on powerful heating and cooling
systems to deal with the elements. Areas of Europe use much more
concrete and far less drywall in their construction. I'm wondering if
the impact of this has been measured. Concrete is a big source of
greenhouse gases as well, and it's maybe possible wood frame building
sequester more carbon in their wood (although while also causing more
emissions due to bad insulation and design).
More than that, I'm wondering how the chemical and nutrient cycles
would work, and how to prevent decomposition if the idea of growing
trees and then storing them were to be taken up.
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