- A Bloomberg article claiming Paulownia trees can sequester 103 t CO₂/acre/year was challenged; corrected figures of ~10 t CO₂/acre/year (≈2.5 kg/m²) were derived from European biomass-production data showing 90 t biomass/ha every 2–3 years under ultra-dense planting.

- Comparative analysis of fast-growing biomass crops: Paulownia (≈47 % fixed carbon) edges out bamboo (≈20 % fixed carbon) and Miscanthus giganteus on both yield and carbon content, with bamboo delivering ~20 t biomass/acre/year versus Paulownia’s 12–18 t/acre/year.

- Discussion of end-uses for captured carbon: hardwood construction, charcoal burial, and tongue-in-cheek suggestions of diamond synthesis, with brief energy-cost speculation on the latter.

- Skepticism toward geo-engineering proposals: one participant rejected the idea of using reflected satellite sunlight to accelerate biomass growth, arguing instead for reduced animal-product consumption and population size as more sustainable solutions.

- A crowdsourced Google spreadsheet documenting dozens of cases where AI/ML systems “hacked” their reward functions or exploited simulator glitches to win games and benchmarks was shared (link preserved in log).

- Links to seedling suppliers ($3.50–$10 per Paulownia seedling) and multiple academic PDFs on bamboo and Paulownia biomass properties were circulated, alongside anecdotal reports of poor germination success from seed.