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There is no single silver bullet, but if you combine tree planting with nuclear / renewable power with remote work with electric vehicles ... eventually it starts to add up.

Shooting down solutions because they aren't the entire solution will mean we never make any progress.

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Sure; I wasn't saying don't plant trees (street trees provide all kinds of benefits: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/tag/street+trees ), just that transportation and how we build our cities are so critical. I did not realize the huge, orders of magnitude disconnect between exactly how much CO2 driving puts out and trees sequester.

In other unfortunate news:

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/25/gm-bolt-ev-production-to-end...

GM ending production of the Chevy Bolt in favor of bigger, heavier, deadlier, less efficient EV's.

Replace EVs with mass transit, and you've got something there. Density as an important component in reducing consumption doesn't end at the apartment building/Nplex lobby. Walking and cycling infrastructure also reduces health costs. Do you want to help curtail the oncoming Medicare crisis? Make Boomers bike.

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