A new study shows that cutting down trees for paper, furniture, and fuel emits three times more carbon than flying.
The paper is here
A new study shows that cutting down trees for paper, furniture, and fuel emits three times more carbon than flying.
The paper is here
Burning wood is still better than burning coal either way, since the carbon in wood originally came from the atmosphere.
And if that wood is something like a hybrid poplar, it’s carbon within our lifespan (as opposed to old growth)
Kinda sorta. The conversion of forest land into commerical timberland on net moves carbon from the trees into the atmosphere. There’s also a ton of fraud in that space around emissions claims.