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[harryh]

Sure it is. Harvested lumber doesn't release its CO2 back into the atmosphere unless you burn it.

[streb-lo → harryh]

Plantation-style forestry like that found in the US is much less efficient as a sink because the harvesting carbon cost is amortized across a much more frequent harvest cycle.

[frankbreetz → harryh]

or it decomposes

[harryh → frankbreetz]

OK sure, but that isn't happening to most harvested lumber either.