The global potential of hundreds of billions of plants is a possible strategy to remove excess carbon from our atmosphere. Globally doing it will cause an immense amount of money, labor, and patience to turn a seed into a sapling. This planting campaign needs long-term funding—whether federal or private—that could provide nurseries to ramp up production. Ramping up seedling production that much and making sure they live long enough to trap enough carbon emissions will cost billions of dollars. It will require training specialized seed collectors and investing in new infrastructure, bolstering long-term monitoring to ensure they will survive pests, disease, drought, and wildfires threats that are all on the rise because of climate change. No one wants to waste time sticking a seedling in the ground that'll die. So planting a tree needs to be thoughtfully planned and done well. The assumption that planting is the way to meet climate change mitigation goals, protect existing forests, and encourage natural regeneration, should also not be forgotten.