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Kradget t1_jcf9ehn wrote

Reply to comment by SBBurzmali in Regrowing tropical forests absorb megatonnes of carbon by Creative_soja

We currently have very large sections of land that aren't really being used for agriculture (or are being used for very inefficient ways of growing food) that we could return to local native grassland. We can't solve a huge problem with only one solution, but we can make dents in it (through things like habitat restoration) that will help in combination with changes to our behaviors and upcoming technology.

We can't just plant trees and get out of this if that's all we do. But it'll help. Same as we can't just switch to solar and resolve every problem, even if that will help.

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303707808909 t1_jcgl7a2 wrote

It is very annoying how people expect a "one-size-fits-all" solution for climate change.

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Kradget t1_jcgn7iz wrote

I guess I see why. If you know there's a main driver, it makes sense to assume there's a reasonable way to address it everywhere - we're kind of conditioned to expect things to scale massively and apply no matter where you are.

It's just that this isn't one of those situations, because the effects are diverse and a single solution wouldn't necessarily apply everywhere.

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