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Thanks for that summary, the video doesn't say much more other than repeat these things over and over.

One thing that wasn't clear is why does tilling the land release so much carbon into the atmosphere?

Tilling the soil in conventional farming creates large air pockets which fill up with oxygen, where microbes then turn carbon in the soil into CO2.

Also when you convert forest into farmland and cut down the trees, the root systems of the trees will, over a period of time, decompose. Annual plants have much smaller root systems.

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