1. Carbon Sink of Trees at SAS
In addition, we still have to consider the amount of carbon released during the process of manufacturing the paper. The calculation process is as follows (formulae given by Hogan): (I used a digital scale in class and calculated that a piece of paper weighs 4.5 grams)... The conversion factor, (provided by Roche), is: From the calculations, we know that in addition to the 73337.0988 kg of carbon stored in the paper we use, it takes another 47721.4075 kg of carbon during the manufacturing process, which now makes our carbon sink at least 8.7 times less than enough to sustain paper usage at SA...
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