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		hannasanarion on Oct 23, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Carbon Removal Technologies Not if they're treated with preservatives and built into houses. Every wood-frame house and piece of wooden furniture is carbon sequestration.

bskinny129 on Oct 23, 2018 [–]

As long as those houses don't burn down...

hannasanarion on Oct 24, 2018 | [–]

What percentage of houses burn down out of all houses ever built? I think not that many. Most probably stand for a hundred years and then are torn down and their component parts recycled.

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