Then again, a mature forest does not absorb net carbon and often has a plume of methane above it (read this ages ago, don’t have a link) the new forests need to be managed.

Wildfires are a hazard these days and with the lengthening wild fire seasons management will need to be intense.

To really remove CO2 from the atmosphere, bamboo is much faster growing.

Of course not water vapor, it fluctuates too much.

Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 24^th, 2017 at 3:20pm:

Bamboo is a plant....  what's your issue.

BTW read a scientific article a few years ago...  lawns/grass takes in more CO2 than trees.

Grendel wrote on Jul 24^th, 2017 at 3:36pm:




Which plants store more carbon in Australia: forests or grasses?

Since carbon dioxide is an important greenhouse gas, one strategy that can partially combat global warming and climate change is to increase the amount of carbon stored in plants.  By increasing the amount of plant life on earth, or altering it to plant types that store the most carbon, more carbon dioxide may be pulled out of the air and stored for a period of time.

Scientists call anything that removes carbon from the atmosphere a ‘sink’.  In order to be effective in combating climate change, the sink must be large and the carbon must stay in the sink.  So what is important for climate change is not the amount of carbon exchanged between the atmosphere and plants, but how much carbon stays in the total forest and total grassland ‘sinks’.

Australia has 149 million hectares of forest.  Of this, 147 million hectares is native forest, dominated by eucalypt (79%) and acacia (7%), and 1.82 million hectares is in plantations[i]. Grassland covers around 440 million hectares of land in Australia[ii].

The size of the difference in the total carbon storage between grasslands and woodlands depends not just on the amount of land covered by the plants, but on the capacity of the individual ecosystems to store carbon, and the depth to which the carbon sink is tested.   The sinks can be the plant material above ground, below ground (roots), and soil that is enriched in carbon by dead plant material.

Based on data from typical perennial grasslands and mature forests in Australia, forests are typically more than 10 times as effective as grasslands at storing carbon on a hectare per hectare basis.

source: http://www.chiefscientist.gov.au/2009/12/which-plants-store-more-carbon-in-austr...



Which plants store more carbon in Australia: forests or grasses?

Since carbon dioxide is an important greenhouse gas, one strategy that can partially combat global warming and climate change is to increase the amount of carbon stored in plants.  By increasing the amount of plant life on earth, or altering it to plant types that store the most carbon, more carbon dioxide may be pulled out of the air and stored for a period of time.

Scientists call anything that removes carbon from the atmosphere a ‘sink’.  In order to be effective in combating climate change, the sink must be large and the carbon must stay in the sink.  So what is important for climate change is not the amount of carbon exchanged between the atmosphere and plants, but how much carbon stays in the total forest and total grassland ‘sinks’.

Australia has 149 million hectares of forest.  Of this, 147 million hectares is native forest, dominated by eucalypt (79%) and acacia (7%), and 1.82 million hectares is in plantations[i]. Grassland covers around 440 million hectares of land in Australia[ii].

The size of the difference in the total carbon storage between grasslands and woodlands depends not just on the amount of land covered by the plants, but on the capacity of the individual ecosystems to store carbon, and the depth to which the carbon sink is tested.   The sinks can be the plant material above ground, below ground (roots), and soil that is enriched in carbon by dead plant material.

Based on data from typical perennial grasslands and mature forests in Australia, forests are typically more than 10 times as effectiv....

And how do you use grasses? Strawbale house (or shed or barn or. . .) or cane furniture is about the only way. Bamboo is very fast growing, can be turned into flooring etc.

Hey now you get it!

What about a woolshed made of wool (insulation?)

Wooden houses? (more common elsewhere)

That kinda thing!

I will build a strawbale house.

Have the block of land, know the builder and have been in touch. It will happen DRAH.