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[-] bayjird@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Why would using 1970s data instead of 2023 data give a more fearsome forecast? Are you saying that emissions have decreased since 1970?

[-] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Certain types of pollutants have decreased, CO2 for example hasn't decreased and won't as long as logging continues. Trees store vast quantities of CO2 and when cut down it is released. Vehicles are releasing less CO2, industry is releasing less CO2, but there are more of them so we are not seeing the offset. What it come down to is that we need to avoid those trying to distract us from the end game which is reducing pollutants through better techniques and practices. Driving vehicles that don't use carbon emissions is a great example of this. Building Nuclear Power Plants is another.

[-] DFTBA_FTW@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Co2 is released when those trees rot. If they're cut down for construction material then they don't release their carbon it's actually stored away.

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