WA state to preserve 10,000 forest acres as carbon reserve

AP ^ | 4/9/22

[alexander_busek]

I must have gone to the wrong school. A sq mile is 640 acres. 4 sq miles totals 2560 acres. 4 X 640. Our farm must be a lot bigger than I thought it was. No wonder the taxes are so high. Your math would equal each sq mile at 2,500 acres. 4 miles X 4 miles would be 16 sq miles not 4.

You are confused! Please re-read what I wrote:

640 acres per sq. mile. 10,000 divided by 640 = approx. 16 sq. miles = a square four miles by four miles.

Regards,

[nomorelurker]

Many years ago wound up in the ONP just before nightfall. Huge trees, many large dead logs on ground, huge ferns. Terrain almost impossible to walk. Saw herd of maybe 30 Roosevelt Elk moving thru that terrain like it was a flat parking lot. Place would make you believe in Bigfoot.

[GingisK]

Coal is a more efficient carbon reserve.

[GingisK]

This almost like buying indulgences from the Catholic Church.

[cgbg]

If corporations really want to save the planet they should invest in Unicorn farming—no emissions!

[VanShuyten]

States cannot print money, so they scheme the next best thing. They force payment for created “problems”, and this one’s a doozy.

[scrabblehack]

I thought the people who buy them are holding the credits.
But if the trees burn up and the carbon’s in the atmosphere, it defeats the purpose of the carbon credit.
Are you saying that the money paid for the credits should be returned?

How do carbon credits work? Do they expire?

[AZJeep]

Well, I would say, if the credits go to naught, the money should be returned! However, in reality, the credits are, more-less a way to enrich people selling them.
Most of the credits (especially in third word) go to corrupted officials, who just pockets them.

In this case, they will fill the pockets of Washington state. They will find a way to spend them!

How they work in theory:
You, the guilty party, leave your beer sitting on the bench until all CO2 is gone! Feeling guilty, you pay somebody who promises to do something which will take that CO2 out of the air. It is all up to them, what they do. Plant tree, cut the forest to make solar cell plant. Remove old solar cell plant and try to recycle some of that hazardous waste. Spend lots of energy to take the CO2 out and pump it into ground. Anything.
And you will NEVER see the money again!
But you get some certificate that your beer has been redeemed! Rejoice!