Actually old trees are pretty much done when it comes to soaking up carbon. New trees soak it up quite a bit as they grow. Clearing out old trees and planting new is good for the planet.
I don't know where you get your information from Elwar but it scares me you work anywhere near weaponry.
Old trees sequester far more carbon than young ones.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v507/n7490/full/nature12914.html"large, old trees do not act simply as senescent carbon reservoirs but actively fix large amounts of carbon compared to smaller trees"
Also, geographic location plays a part - older trees in the tropical region sequester far more carbon than younger trees. And guess where we are cutting down trees at the most rapid rate. The tropics.
You might just be my new best friend..
... The world is a big careless, clueless, ignorant bubble trapped in its own reality filled with sadism.
And no one seems to care if they have breathable air in the future... They are also destroying those coral reefs and those algae zones that produce oxygen because they say the smell is bad for tourism..

The world is a terrible place... I'm thinking of
making my own space station??.. like the one in Elysium...
