“Human beings are to the Earth what fleas are to a dog. That’s just the way it is...”
Dogs are sentient. The planet isn’t, unless there is a brain somewhere deep inside.
I love trees. The 2 acres I live on in southern AZ had a dozen when I moved here 6 years ago, and now we probably have 75+...and I dug the holes in the caliche and limestone rock by hand.
I love having trees, but I do not worship them. My trees have never seen anything. They don’t have eyes. I’ve planted a lot of trees, and watered them, but they don’t thank me. This isn’t Fangorn, or Middle Earth.
When a tree dies, it is lumber.
Cut a slab of this tree for visitors to see, then chop up the rest for lumber. If the wood is damaged, sell it for firewood.
I disagree with that. Trees do lots of things for you in return for your care.
When a tree dies, it is lumber.
I agree with that too, but this is no ordinary tree. Do you not differentiate between a scrub elm and a thousand year old sequoia? I think it is amazing that something can live that long. It doesn't happen often, and when something like that dies I think it is kind of a big deal.
One thousand years. How is that not incredible?
But then again perhaps I am biased. I would rather hang out in a forest with all those stupid useless trees than hang out in a city filled with oh-so-wonderful, always clean, super intelligent humans.
People kind of gross me out. Trees are awesome.
Oh and as to what they should do about this tree, I think they should just cut a tunnel so that people can still walk the path. How cool would it be to walk through a tree tunnel? I can’t even imagine a tree that big. I’ve never seen one.