Study: Benefit of Trees Misjudged

Associated Press ^ | Wednesday, August 07, 2002 | ANDREW BRIDGES

[gcruse]

So much for the [I guess it's back to 'jungles'] rain forests being the lungs of the planet. Burn 'em down and plant Kentucky Blue.

[another cricket]

Algae in the water produce most of our oxygen. Which makes sense if you think about it.

The rain forest actually uses more oxygen then it produces.

a.cricket

[meenie]

Alfalfa and corn soak up more carbon than grasslands. Sugar cane is probably the most carbon intensive of all the crops.

[narby]

``We are going to need to tackle the industrial sources of emissions head-on rather than just plant a bunch of trees,'' Becker said.

Ahhh. The true adgenda rears its ugly head. Let's end all the rich people/countries because we hate them.

[gcruse]

                    "Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do." Reagan '81

                    "A tree is a tree. How many more do you have to look at?"
                    Reagan '66, opposing expansion of Redwood National Park
 
 

                      Trees cause pollution after all – Reagan vindicated  January 11, 2001

[RightWhale]

We are going to need to tackle the industrial sources of emissions head-on rather than just plant a bunch of trees

Plant trees anyway.

Pay attention, this is serious. To make a meaningful reduction in industrial emissions, move the industries off-earth and use sun power there in space. Moving aluminum smelting alone would cut power generation needs substantially. In fact, the problem, whether real or imagined, would disappear overnight.

[Sungirl]

Where are the birds going to go?

[another cricket]

But they are a nice, if long term, cash crop. BTW it is the growing trees that produce the most oxegen. The mature trees need to be harvested to make room for the new stuff.

a.cricket

[Monti Cello]

Yeah, but the shipping costs would be hell!

[gcruse]

 
Where are the birds going to go?

I'm still trying to figure out how to keep it mowed.

[RightWhale]

the shipping costs would be hell!

Got it covered. No problem.

[jwalsh07]

Clear cut the planet!

[gcruse]

Acorns Aweigh

I think we've finally come to see
That trees aren't what we thought they'd be.
They aren't bad in the nursery,
But old ones aren't that good.

Our lives are like that, I would say,
You're in demand until the day,
Your age and wage drive jobs away,
And then you're packed in wood.

[Senator Pardek]

THE TREES

[gcruse]

Do French trees have b'arque?

[Senator Pardek]

Do Chinese women feed their infants baby food with toothpicks?

[JoeFromSidney]

Do Chinese women feed their infants baby food with toothpicks?

Actually you can feed an infant with regular chopsticks. I used to do that when I was stationed in Thailand with my family, including a two-year-old boy.

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