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Are Aerosols a viable option to fight global warming?
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There's already a cheap CO2 capture method, tried and tested: trees.
Trees decay when they die, and just turn back into CO2
Oil came from a time before bacteria evolved to break down trees.
Trees won't solve the issue, unless we start turning deserts into permanent forests, which would probably just create issues elsewhere
Trees can become wood, paper, ... that last decades or even centuries if well preserved. And we need a solution that's fast. A pine can grow in 15 years and all those years is eating CO2.
Go have a look at the math, it technically helps but it's so miniscule that it barely counts.
We're digging shit tons of coal and oil out and burning it every year