Don't they realize that these trees are grown ONLY for this purpose, to be cut down and sold at Christmas? Dingbat.
Oh, the horror. There are more trees in North America now than there were when the Pilgrims landed.
I can also hear the grass cry when I walk on it. /sarcasm
If these people care, they should offer themselves up as living Christmas trees. Stand out in my yard from Thanksgiving to New Years decorated with lights, ornaments and tinsel.
Ordinarily, I'd have the Christmas tree in the house, but y'all don't exactly have a fresh pine scent.
This is getting out of hand. And I suppose she never has freshly cut flowers in her home? Or she never eats vegetables. Or drinks wine? Or uses aloe moisturizer? Or Uses shampoo with botanical extracts? Or adds herbs to her recipes? Or takes medicine?
Hypocrite!!! This so-called environmentalist wrote a letter to the editor, thereby condoning the killing of trees to print newspapers with said letters in them!! YOU TREE MURDERER!!!! REPENT!!! PLANT 30 TREES AND PRAY TO THE SIERRA CLUB FOR FORGIVENESS!!!!
Ahh yes, they don't want anything harmed that appeals to their aesthetic sensibilities. Yet I'm sure an envirowack has to eat, so how does such a "morally superior" person survive? They didn't commit planticide for their meal did they? They're a veritable Hitler!
Can't. That's violating the separation of church and state and company policy if they're for "X"-mas trees. (/sarcasm)
Speaking as someone in the field of Forestry. I can say that on average, for every tree cut down, seven more are planted in its place.
And what about all the non-renewable natural resources used and pollution discharged, needed to produce that artificial tree???? Didn't we learn that it is best to use renewable resources, ie trees?? It's common sense.
I have been a Christmas Tree grower for 24 years. We have have planted and harvested thousands of trees. Always replanting, either spot or the whole field. At full load, my 15 acre fields hold around 17k trees. That increased density means more CO2 converted to O2. Sheesh, you'd think that was enough.
You should write a reply and remind her that one of the biggest threats to forestation is not commercial tree farms but over population of whitetailed deer. Perhaps Amy would like to accompany you on a hunt and be an example of forest preservation.
Ah dunno -- I disagree with the entire christmas TREE thing -- it's a pagan ritual and has nothing to do with TRUE Christmas -- the birth of Christ. We should not have christmas trees or Santa Claus dressed in Coca Cola colors (or indeed we shouldn't have Santa at all) -- these divert from the true meaning of Christmas -- Christ born on earth
Dirt worsphiper.
I hear the tomatoes screaming every time I make a salad.
Every Christmas tree farm I've been to paints a line on the trunk of the tree. You're not to cut below the line so the tree can re-sprout and continue to grow. The tree does not die, it just goes through a major pruning.
I am so glad that I decided to create a "NUTJOB" folder for articles like this one. It doesn't even qualify for the ENVIRONMENTAL folder.
I'll have a White Berger with ketchup, please....