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From: Mike Van Pelt <usenet@mikevanpelt.com>
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Subject: Re: Whoops! The Atlantic Makes Trump Look EPIC In Cover Intended as a Smear
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In article <vFGLO.120073$WtV9.87808@fx10.iad>,
Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
>This one sounds interesting.
>
>https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2024/09/26/carbon-atmosphere-burying-wood/
>
>Would take a lot of wood; there are some fast growing but
>otherwise useless trees (you-clipped-us, for example) that
>would be suitable for this purpose.

I hesitate to mention hemp (since my impression is that most
of the people pushing hemp are really more interested in the
wacky tabaky variety) but hemp (the non-psychoactive kind)
does have some seriously good points. It's fast growing,
nitrogen fixing, produces what's apparently a good quality
fiber, and if you grow a big excess and bury the excess...
I think it would be pulling carbon out of the air faster
than trees, which are pretty slow growing.

There may be other plants that are even better at this. 
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