carbon sequestering Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 14:46:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 A Machine that Makes Deforestation Easier: Do We Need This? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/machine-makes-deforestation-easier-need-20140630/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/machine-makes-deforestation-easier-need-20140630/#respond Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:42:36 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=48249 After writing the other day about deforestation and its disastrous effects on the environment, this video came to my attention. We know what shredders are, and they are nothing new. They come in all sizes, from letter size to car size, which makes it easier to reduce large things into smaller pieces which are easier […]

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