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We happy? Yeah, we happy. (startrek.website)
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Not to mention, all the nutrients that would normally be returned by their decomposition will never return back into the ecosystem.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    We have a simple biologocial solution for all of that. Peatlands. They transfer the carbon into more and more stable chemical compounds that end up being sequestered. All the coal that is extracted now used to be peat some hundred million years ago.

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