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CO2 Is Greening The Planet: African Savannahs Getting a Makeover to Forests
watts Up With That? ^ | July 2, 2012 | Anthony Watts

Posted on 07/02/2012 11:49:58 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

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To: Carry_Okie

From THE FREE MARKET 10(8):1 (1992 Aug)

Ode to A Dead Tree
Gary North

I think I shall never see
A sight a lovely as a tree;
A tree cut down for pulp
and boards,
Cut down for profit and
rewards.

Whenever forests disappear
To fill a bookstore front
to rear,
The angels sing a glorious
song,
Especially if the books are
long.

When trees grow high above
the earth
I love to estimate their worth.
I praise the chainsaw and
the axe,
Converting trees to paperbacks.
I love to contemplate
bare hills,
Solutions to society’s ills.
For every tree dragged out
by hooks
May soon become a shelf
of books.

When men cry ``Timber!’’
I rejoice,
A perfect use for human voice.
The sound of buzz saws is
symphonic
So long as books remain
dendronic.

I think of trees througout the
ages
Especially as I’m turning
pages:
Majestic trees in ageless mists
Transformed into best-sellers’
lists.

The thought of trees cut down
for wood,
Serving man as nature should.

Down my spine I get the shivers:
ŠGiant forests into slivers!

Forests growing through long
winters;
Spring will see them all in
splinters.
Literate mankind now confesses:
``Cut the trees and start the presses!’’


21 posted on 07/03/2012 12:56:26 PM PDT by Daveinyork
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To: Daveinyork

I have a sign on my wall modeled after the Sailor’s Prayer:

Oh Lord, My Garden Is So Big,
and My Chainsaw Is So Small!


22 posted on 07/03/2012 2:57:26 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The Slave Party: advancing indenture since 1787.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

savanna trees were essentially CO2 starved


This is true of many plants.


23 posted on 07/03/2012 2:58:58 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple ( (Lord, save me from some conservatives, they don't understand history any better than liberals.))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

The practical implications of the study are far reaching.


They act like this is new information, learned it 50 years ago in botany classes........................


24 posted on 07/03/2012 3:00:56 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple ( (Lord, save me from some conservatives, they don't understand history any better than liberals.))
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