To offset current fossil-fuel emissions you would have to plant trees over all of north and central America.
To offset the emissions of oil and gas companies' "reserves" ... well, you wouldn't be able to.
There isn't enough land in the world to do that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/06/19/tree-planting-fossil-fuels-carbon-offsets-climate/c7f3ea58-4d21-11f0-8fff-262d6ec54ab9_story.html?utm_source=cbnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily+Briefing+20+06+2025
To offset the emissions of oil and gas companies' "reserves" ... well, you wouldn't be able to.
There isn't enough land in the world to do that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/06/19/tree-planting-fossil-fuels-carbon-offsets-climate/c7f3ea58-4d21-11f0-8fff-262d6ec54ab9_story.html?utm_source=cbnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily+Briefing+20+06+2025
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Seems like we still need to plant, since we need all the help we can get. But then I worry the situation encourages a) 'no hopers' and b) 'insane geo-engineers'
I'm sure you realise that but I think there are people who still overlook the climate importance of Ocean so I think it's worth mentioning explicitly.
Deep Sea Mining plans terrify me.