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Microsoft builds first datacenters with wood to slash carbon emissions (news.microsoft.com)
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Published: October 31, 2024

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

So the best thing you can do with a tree, is to cut it down and use it as materials, if we want to release as little CO2 as possible?

And ofc this depends on new trees being planted in its stead.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Yes. Growing a tree from sapling to a giant trunk removes significantly more carbon from the atmosphere than an existing trunk sitting there at mass, unable to store much more carbon.

And yes, that's why I clarified that new trees would need to be planted, right on the money.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

And ofc this depends on new trees being planted in its stead.

Hence farming trees...