Much has been written about “carbon capture and storage” with centre-stage presently held by the rather fanciful concept of energetically squeezing CO2 into a dense form then pumping it into the earth – in the hope that it will stay there.
The likelihood of any condensed liquid vapourising in response to high underground temperatures, and leaking through rock to return to the atmosphere, is patently high.
In our opinion there is only one ideal place to capture carbon – and that is through trees – the way Nature has been doing it very effectively for the last 360 million years!
Carbon Sink – PGX1002
PGX1000 is currently our fastest-growing tree.
It is capable of capturing and storing vast volumes of CO2 and converting that into some of the finest veneering timber. We happen to think that storing CO2 in a cupboard – at least in the form of the veneer on that cupboard – is not only more permanent and aesthetically pleasing solution than squeezing it into holes in the ground at enormous cost, but is also likely to be a cashflow positive solution to boot.
Other PolyGenomX varieties have been developed with carbon capture as a prime role.
While not matching the outright growing rate of PGX1002, these species have been designed to thrive in a wider range of climatic conditions, and to provide and promote biodiversity where the intention is to create long-term “complex” forests dedicated to carbon capture.
Carbon Credits
With carbon trading at €15 per tonne, a single hectare of PGX1002 will earn €22,000 in International Carbon Credits within 8 years of planting. (At time of writing)
The logical place to capture and store carbon is in a tree!
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