sharke
My local Whole Foods is selling Christmas trees out front. They have a big sign up saying "For every tree we sell, we will plant a new one." Excuse me but isn't that just like saying "for every can of beans we sell, we will order another"?
I mean they grow the frigging things to sell them. And when they've sold them they're gonna need more, right?
Thank you... I needed a good laugh!
Most people say they plant three for everyone they cut. Just ONE??? I'd complain if I were you and I'd ask for a picture of them planting it. Ask them where exactly do they plant it.
You know paper companies along the gulf coast harvest and replant thousands of acres of pines. They don't use wood from the rainforest to make cardboard or paper... amazing what people think. You know in the 1800s most of the USA was clear cut. You'd be hard pressed to find original growth wood east of well, anywhere. I guess there are the redwoods and a few old live oaks in south GA and north FL but I know that around here there weren't any trees, it was all farm land until probably the 30s when Roosevelt confiscated lands from people who didn't have money for taxes then paid people to plant trees. We were burning coal and wood to power everything too and it wasn't so bad. I'm still convinced that ozone air pollution is completely related to nuclear testing and nuclear power in general. No other way I know of for ozone to get into the lower atmosphere.
Sorry... didn't mean to ramble.
Earth Day: Burn a tire and cut down a tree! I love to tell people that, never actually done it but there is still time!