Posted on 06/26/2021 4:16:41 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
A US biotech startup has created genetically modified trees that can absorb more carbon dioxide, which could make afforestation initiatives more effective. reach Fast Company Magazine.
live carbon modified growth enzyme, causing faster growth of trees, which can absorb and store more carbon dioxide than common trees. In addition, the company is slowing down the rate of tree decay by enabling uptakeها copper and nickel, which act as fungicides. The fungus speeds up its decomposition, but with this modification, the tree will take time to decompose and the carbon will remain inside it longer.
Trees that do not produce seeds?
On the other hand, living carbon indicates that there is not enough space on the planet Planting trees needed to offset greenhouse gas emissions. So in theory, making each tree becomes more efficient at absorbing carbon dioxide Attractive proposal.
However, these trees are like others genetically modified plants They may not obtain permission from the relevant authorities for their large-scale cultivation. Although its creators assert that the type of tree they are working with now, a A hybrid of two types of poplarsIt can only reproduce through cuttings, and does not produce seeds that can be scattered elsewhere, one of the issues activists have raised.
(Excerpt) Read more at sundayvision.co.ug ...
That does not work in California. The carbon is released en masse about every ten years as wildfires burn through any dead wood.
-PJ
That may be all well and good, but you have to realize that all of the flora on this planet requires a certain amount of CO2 in the atmosphere to survive and thrive. Average atmospheric CO2 levels need to be between 250 and 400 PPM for sustainable plant growth.
Besides, the largest consumer of CO2 in the flora world isn’t trees, it’s grass species.
Greenhouse, the land of Oxygen
Being I was formerly in the forest products industry I have kept up a tad bit on these issues.
1st. There was a study years ago by several reputable universities-when there was reputable universities, that studied the effects of FOREST FIRE on the environment.
(A)What happens is, the smoke from those fires, has large amounts of mercury and other pollutants within it.
(B)Smoke from those fires carry water vapor far away from the immediate area downwind, resulting is drought far away from those fires.
(C)Effects of the loss of those forests is that the cooling effect does not happen in the immediate area resulting in no formation of rain within that area also resulting in drought.
(D)Carbon is not only released in vast amounts during the fire, but continues to be released as the burned timber is left to decay-in Canada, where the boreal forests are often burned, the carbon is not only released by decaying timber, but is released by the soil by the heating up of the peat because there is no shade to cover the ground till a new forest is established.
Now they can plant hybrid species, but the effects are the same. When that tree dies, it releases carbon through its decay. In effect, it is carbon neutral over time.
They can try and explain why plants were so large during the dinosaur period. Large amounts of carbon did that. If not so, then those critters could not have survived.
They wont talk about that though.
“Feed me, Seymour”
So when they get it to zero
What are the trees going to breath ?
Plants breath in CO2 and
exhale oxygen.
No CO2, all plant life dies.
( morons)
“What are the trees going to breath ?
Plants breath in CO2 and
exhale oxygen.”
Plants don’t breathe.
Like animals they do respire. Oxygen in, CO2 out.
Awesome! Kudzu trees.
Yeah....I know its a carrot, but you get the idea.
https://lostinspace.fandom.com/wiki/The_Great_Vegetable_Rebellion?file=Lost_carrot.jpg
Wonder how they will taste when you cut them down and smoke meat with them? I hope it tastes good and becomes very popular.
What could go wrong when you mess with God’s creations?
Biotech startup knows a good scam.
Cool, I’m going to buy a classic car that doesn’t have to have smog equipment, as we used to call it.
Those giant tree are going to need food and I don’t want them “hangry”. They could hurt somebody.
Plants respire in reverse, CO2 in, Oxygen out.
Zombie Trees...nothing bad will happen, right? Little shop of horrors plants anyone?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.