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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: 0.192s | source
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Calwestjobs ◴[14 Apr 25 16:02 UTC] No.43682778[source]▶
efficiency of plants - 1%

efficiency of photovoltaic - 20%

so photovoltaic is 15 times more land efficient then burning biomass. so we absolutely need trees to provide ecological functions. but in era of 5kwp PV array paying itself in 5-6 years(and still working afterwards), to heat water... its is ridiculous to cut trees and burn them to have hot water. 80% of time Canadian citizen can have 100% solar hot water (PV), less then 100% rest of the year.

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1. constantcrying ◴[15 Apr 25 13:40 UTC] No.43692550[source]▶
Totally fallacious argument. Trees grow by themselves in much of the world. They can be harvested with very low investment and directly contribute to a reduction of carbon in the atmosphere, as it now is the tree.