...i think you would also have to look at the other impacts of both
practices (sugar cane and honey production).
yes, bees take in o2 and out co2...but planting/harvesting sugar cane
simply displaces other kinds of vegitation that would be growing in
the fields otherwise...probably a near zero sum (although sugar cane
does fix carbon more efficently than many plants).
the keeping of bees, on the other hand, increases the the pollination
of plants in the immediate vicinity. if the presence of bees
increases the ammount of vegitation (via increased fertilization),
does this increase in co2 uptake balance out the co2 the bees
produce? i don't know the answer, but i don't think it's so simple.
deknow
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