Giant redwoods are alright

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:45, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

you know all the enviromentalists want carbon capture and storage.
I don't see why they don't just plant a million giant redwoods, that'll sort it won't it?
(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:48, Reply)

Well, sort off. But then the tree dies and the carbon is released again.
Plus it assumes that the tree cover will never be removed ever again ever. Which given the rate at which the rainforests are being removed is clearly bollocks.

So, in a nutshell. No.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:58, Reply)

Oldest known redwood is over 3500 years old.
So the storage for a long period is not a problem. According to wikipedia the problem is that they're picky and relativley shit trees that need annual fires and lots of water to germinate.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:01, Reply)

Plus they are very slow growing.
But the problem is, as I said, that trees don't take carbon out of the cycle, they just slow it down for a bit. So as a fuel, it's great and totally carbon neutral, but as a carbon offset, it's bollocks. You need to get the carbon out of the atmosphere and trap it in the sea, or in the holes left by old oil wells.

The problem is getting it to stay there.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:10, Reply)

To be entirely fair
it's impossible to permanently remove carbon from the cycle, at least within the realms of sensible approaches. All you can do is move it around. Trees will lock in atmostpheric carbon for a short period, at least. But whatever you do with it, it won't stay there forever.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:14, Reply)

we should store it all in the atmosphere, there is fucking loads of that

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:15, Reply)

It doesn't seem to like that.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:16, Reply)

stoopid fussy atmousphere

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:18, Reply)

The sea is an excellent sink, but unfortunately it'll fuck up all the fishes and that.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:19, Reply)

That's alright I don't really eat fish, aside from fish fingers and taramasalata

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:20, Reply)

Yeah, but you'd end up with mutant acid-proof sharks
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:22, Reply)

Yeah that does sound pretty cool.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:23, Reply)

Yeah I'm with tangles on this one, and if a few more saffera ann aussies get eaten, then so be it

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:25, Reply)

Right, I'll get on it, boys.
But don't say you weren't warned.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:26, Reply)

I want those sharks on my desk by lunchtime.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:27, Reply)

Sorry tangles
monday mornings are for getting over sunday's hangover.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:28, Reply)

Rugby was "good"

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:30, Reply)

I was watching it a couple of my Irish friends
so double-good. Bit of a dire game, but unsurprising considering the conditions. And still better than Wales-France, although I loved the result of that as well.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:31, Reply)

Forth type of game it was always going to be considering the weather and AWFUL pitch, I thought it was pretty good
The Orish should have been off for his stamp though
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:34, Reply)

He'll get cited.
Especially as he decided the stamp wasn't enough and punched Mahler on the ground about 5 minutes later

I thought the ref was woeful, actually. Not biased, just terrible. The yellow card was shocking, how that could be considered deliberate is beyond me. There were always going to be a lot of penalties and errors in those conditions, you can't just go "right, next thing I don't like is a yellow"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:37, Reply)

Hangovers are for poofs.
How long is it now until your heavy drinking is going to be curtailed?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:30, Reply)

4 weeks (ish)

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:31, Reply)

Blimey, time to increase your drinking for the final days.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:33, Reply)

I love a party with a happy atmosphere.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:23, Reply)

I've got some empty kitchen cupboards to keep it in,
I'm doing my part
( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:23, Reply)

good work soldier.
With that kind of can-do attitude we'll win this war.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:30, Reply)

It only goes back into the atmosphere if it biodegrades.
THey should get loads of fast growing trees and dump them in the dessert, where they wont disintergrate.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:25, Reply)

I'm liking this pudding based solution to global warming.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:27, Reply)

I'm assuming that Angel Delight would be the most suited to this task.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:28, Reply)

Butterscotch flavour, natch.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:28, Reply)

I have experienced very few things in life
that are quite as satisfying as butterscotch angel delight.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:50, Reply)

Except that the number of cows required would produce a lot of methane which adds to global warming

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:30, Reply)

Is angel delight made from cows?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:32, Reply)

horses

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:33, Reply)

best of all the dessert animals

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:38, Reply)