Tim Streater wrote:
On 29/01/2010 14:49, Rusty Hinge wrote:

Carbon neutral. If you discount the stored carbon in the roots, that is.

Nah. The roots decay and give off the same CO2 as if you burnt them.

Takes a long time. Meantime, several generations of privet have come and
gone.

Forestry, with the mature timber used and the stumps left in are a great
combination for absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it.

True, the stumps and roots rot, releasing some of the farandaway even
Shed worserer /Shed glasshouse (non-green) gas, methinks, methane.

TAAAW, I don't send paper for recycling - mature conifers are largely
carbon neutral, and sometimes worse. Young conifers OTOH, absorb copious
quantities of carbon dioxide as they grow. So, paper is turned into
fuel, which is, again, carbon neutral, if you discount the energy which
went into its manufacture.

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Rusty