Why plant trees to offset carbon output? Simple… it’s all about math.
Now we know some of you are starting to cringe already. Your memories are flooding with flashbacks of high school calculus. But not to worry - we're talking about the good kind of math here.
It’s good math in the sense that by adding (+) trees, we subtract (-) carbon out of the air and get (=) greener and cleaner in the process.
How does this happen? We’ll spare you additional nightmares about your 10th grade biology class and make this really simple. Trees breathe in our carbon output and then give us clean air in return. That’s right, they take the bad stuff we put in the air and then clean it for us. Yes, trees truly are our friends.
So how much carbon can an average tree absorb?
A mature tree on average can absorb around 50 pounds of carbon per year. This means that by planting 100 trees you can offset 5000 pounds of carbon output. Plant 10,000 trees and you’ll offset 500,000 pounds. And so on and so on.
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