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That’s exactly my point though. From the link:

“Even if humans stop emitting greenhouse gases today, these gases would still be elevated by the year 12000.”

Creating a temporary carbon sink in the form of a desert forest helps in the short term, but is not negative carbon. It’s net carbon neutral.

Genuinely being “green” in this instance requires sequestration of the existing gas from the atmosphere.




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