I feel that one of the simplest ways to solve global warming and reduce your carbon footprint is simply plant a tree. We take little account into this solution, but think about this: if 6-7 billion people planted just one tree, that would be enough to create another large forest. So what I want to know is this:

-Which trees absorb the largest amount of carbon dioxide during the year?
-On average, how many tons of carbon dioxide does that tree absorb?
-How many of those trees would the average American need to plant in order to become carbon-neutral?

I don't have the figures right in front of me, but I think each person would have to plant 1000s of trees to make up for all of the carbon released into the air by each of us (especially those of us who live in the U.S.).

Remember, the fossil fuels we are using in huge volumes took about 300 million years of the earth being pretty much covered with vegitation to absorb and store all of the carbon that has been buried and is now our oil and coal, etc. We are using what took 300 million years to store in about 500 years.

Your heart is in the right place to want to plant trees, but we can't plant enough. We have to find other sources of energy before it is too late (if it's not too late already)