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(Re: "an older forest will actually be likely to store more carbon in effect if it is cut down and turned into lumber...")

Not so!

There are some assumptions here that have been thoroughly examined and rebutted in the scientific literature for more than a decade. Please see:

Mark E. Harmon 1, William K. Ferrell 1, and Jerry F. Franklin 1990. Effects on Carbon Storage of Conversion of Old-Growth Forests to Young Forests. Science Vol. 247. no. 4943, pp. 699 - 702

And

Vitousek, P. M. 1991. Can Planted Forests Counteract Increasing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide? J Environ Qual 20:348-354

Here are some links to the abstracts:
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/247/4943/699?ck=nck
http://jeq.scijournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/20/2/348

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