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Quack makes a Swift escape (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A shorter version of my latest column

-Hayes Brown, Bluesky

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Panel one: [off-screen] Fox News: Taylor Swift's plane is emitting soo much carbon Angry Goose: Why are carbon emissions bad? Panel 2: [Man labeled Fox News being chased] Goose: Explain why carbon emissions are bad, coward!!!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Without context this link is just bad. Plant growth will not reduce CO2 levels because biosphere is temporary store or carbon (since it is a part of the carbon cycle)

We are putting carbon (into the atmosphere) that was previously buried. So putting a tiny bit of it back into plants doesn't help because:

those plants will die and release the carbon back
the number of plants added is inconsequential compared to the deforestation
the number of plants needed to offset additional carbon is humongous