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Dead trees keep surprisingly large amounts of carbon out of atmosphere

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91 points PaulHoule | 1 comments | 14 Apr 25 14:23 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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f4c39012 ◴[14 Apr 25 15:26 UTC] No.43682355[source]▶
my old boss had an idea - "bury trees".

There's a bit of nuance to be filled out, like challenges of forest plantation monoculture and so on, but it always sounded quite practical to me. Iirc the idea derived from "coal".

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Cycl0ps ◴[14 Apr 25 15:36 UTC] No.43682492[source]▶
Carbon sequestration!

I grew up in an area known for coal and logging. Ever since I heard of sequestration brought up I thought the area sounded perfect for it. Fell (maybe mulch) the trees, kiln dry to remove weight/moisture, and toss them down a mineshaft.

It always felt a bit peotic to 'reseed' a coal mine

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1. AngryData ◴[15 Apr 25 09:06 UTC] No.43690567[source]▶
Ehh if you are just going to bury it kiln drying wouldn't really be that helpful. Wood in open air will dry out pretty well just sitting for two years. Commercial wood is only really kiln dried so that nobody has to store it for a year or two first and they can sell it before as much of it warps and twists due to being cut while green which makes less of it able to be sold. With a large enough pile, even if it is left uncovered, only the top couple logs or boards will get wet from the rain and if a small percentage of it rots or grows some fungus, well it wasn't there to get built into other things anyways so it doesn't matter.