Wednesday, November 16, 2005

What's So Good About Trees?


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This may be an unpopular opinion, but I think as a people, we should just stop planting trees already. Seriously, they're everywhere you look. Isn't that enough? Personally, I'm tired of trimming their branches and raking their leaves each fall. Then there's "Arbor Day". What's that all about? We certainly don't need a day just for planting trees. For the sake of those who may not have already known, that's exactly what Arbor Day is all about! Arbor Day was started over a hundred years ago as a way to encourage people to replant trees in deforested areas of Nebraska. Well, guess what? Nebraska has plenty of trees now and so does every other state. I would venture to say that pretty much most countries have trees covered at this point. So I say, let's cut some trees down. Can we have a day for that? Other than the whole oxygen thing, I've yet to hear a compelling case for trees. Trees are just vastly overrated. I don't wanna hear the argument that trees provide shade either. So do umbrellas and we don't even have to water them. Don't forget that trees also provide paper too. Think about that for a bit, won't you?

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi,

Trees provide shade and shelter for birds, insects and other wildlife animals.

Trees also absorb carbon dioxide. They also provide shade and shelter for houses. We had a hug tree in our garden and it protected the house from gale force winds and also provided shelter for birds. Now that the tree has been cut down, you can feel the house shaking when there are gale force winds.

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1/30/2007 9:56 PM  

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