The trees also renew themselves once planted. It’s like we only have to plant one tree, one-time, and we will have a forever worker pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere forever.
So some rough calculations. This plant would require 167,000 trees. At 200 trees (mature trees) per acre that is 833 acres. And once those trees are grown they can be cut down and turned into homes, paper, etc. Trees are a renewable resource!
The state of Georgia has over 24.2 Million acres of forest!
BTW - manmade carbon dioxide makes up something like .25% of the total effective greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. I showed this to my kiddos years ago.
Got 100 pennies and laid them on the table. Then got some white-out and put a dab to cover 1/4 of one of the pennies.
Okay kids - THIS is what everybody is so excited about when it comes to climate change! Even if they could cut it by half - how much of a difference do you think it will make?