A developer wanted to build a facility to capture carbon. Locals saw an environmental menace.

A developer wanted to build a facility to capture carbon. Locals saw an environmental menace.

  • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 months ago

    If you’re in the midwest traditional prairie grasslands are the best carbon sinks ever. Their roots go down 6-12’, fire doesn’t kill them (so zero carbon is released) and they essentially live forever.

    • futatorius@lemm.ee
      1·
      3 months ago

      fire doesn’t kill them (so zero carbon is released)

      Carbon is still released when organic matter burns, even if it doesn’t completely destroy the root system.

      they essentially live forever

      Except the vast areas that European settlers destroyed.