Comment by argiopetech
Comment by argiopetech 4 days ago
I did the back of the napkin math below: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42697255
Barring mistakes, it balances if we had avoided reducing the planet's vegetation by 20% since 1900. So much for that.
That's obviously not "the" solution, but it seems like reducing fuel burn while increasing forestation would benefit us beyond what is commonly expected.
Interesting math, so it is mathematically possible. Important to note, 1 billion hectares is just over the size of all of the United States.