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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
A fully-grown tree taken out of the forest isn't the equivalent of a sapling planted to replace it. Essentially, that sapling won't be an adult tree equal to what was felled for decades-to-centuries. So the capability of the ecology has been set back decades-to-centuries for every tree felled.
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Trees for pulp are rapid growth trees so not decades-centuries - usual myths... as a result that sapling will grow fast and absorb carbon at a high rate whilst the tree converted to pulp is still keeping its carbon locked in... really good idea converting fully to eBooks because then we'll need far less tree felling... oh yes, we'll have far fewer trees as there will be no reason for keeping large plantations for producing paper and the land will be converted to other (and probably less carbon locking-up) uses...
