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		credit_guy on Feb 18, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: California-Grown Coffee Is Becoming the State's Ne... I know this, but still, I think temporary CO2 removal from the atmosphere is not totally worthless. It buys us more time until more clean energy comes online. And if this time is paid for by rich coffee aficionados, I think that's not a bad deal after all. Oh, and I doubt there's any deforestation going on in California.

xyzzyz on Feb 18, 2018 [–]

Today? Probably not much. Historically? Yes, a lot. You still need to offset for that first, even if happened 150 years ago.

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