On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:37:59 -0600, Terry
wrote:

On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:27:03 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

wrote:
On Dec 30, 12:37 am, Larry Fishel wrote:
"But I thought tree give off carbon dioxide "

Um...no. Or did I miss the joke?

Actually trees only remove CO2 for a relatively short time. If the
trees are burned for firewood, they give off CO2.

Carbon MON-oxide is given off when burned...

CO is produced but in very tiny amounts unless the oxygen available is
restricted. Of course, it doesn't take but a fraction of a percent of
CO in a closed room to kill... About 99% of the carbon exits either
as soot or as carbon dioxide.

Hey! Why not change all the wood to charcoal, then just bury it? Take
the carbon permanently out of circulation.**

Terry
**I don't know how to make a tongue-in-cheek emoticon. The magnitude
of such a task would be formidable, to say the least.

Actually that would be an easy task. And it would work. We already
recycle many objects, this would just be the lastcycle for certain
items. Building charcoal plants is about as low tech as you can get.
Buried or dumped into the oceans works and it's not going to harm
either environment.

There are a few experts who've studied this very option and they
support it whole heartedly. I can't remember names at the moment but
a google search should find more info. I heard one speak last Summer
on a talk radio show. I do remember him saying that you'll not hear
Al Gore or his ilk discuss it.

Newb