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CRISPR-edited trees reduce the energy and water required to make paper (phys.org)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While what you're saying is generally true about trees, they're creating poplars for the paper industry. They will grow in big monocultures and get mowed down after just a decade. That's pretty much worthless as an ecosystem.
They're grown in a similar way for biomass for the energy sector. Poplars are probably the easiest way to build up a lot of biomass.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Poplars are probably the easiest way to build up a lot of biomass.

That’s why they’re so poplar.