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Old 2nd-May-2008, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Wowbagger View Post
Well, plants absorb carbon, but only during their life time. Most of the carbon is reclycled into the atmosphere when the plant is decomposed. If you remove the plants from an area and prevent them from being decomposed by burying them deeply, you don't add or loose any atmospherical carbon.

It doesn't really matter tho, since global warming is good and should be hoped for.
You missed the point about the decomposers as well. Soil is not dead. Mycorrhiza mycelium fungi and other decomposers make soil rich, even in the desert. Living crusts called cryptobiotic soils are actually abundant in arid regions.

Keep praying for climate change. Your wish seems to be coming true. Sarcasm is easy. Solutions to this complex problem are not. You are not helping your cause.
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