Poll: Plant trees?

[eplebnista]

yes!

 

[Tominator]

In the seventies Atlanta Gerogia was concerned about the amount of pollution within the city. They drastically regulated industry and went on a binge of planting trees. Not only did air pollution not go down, it increased! In 1988, or there about, Georgia State University did a study to find out why. They found that too many trees can add to the pollution! Reagan said so and is still laughed at for saying it by those that remain uninformed.

 

[MainFramed]

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
We should plant trees, but not to make more oxygen

Cut down 1 tree and plant two more.

nik

agreed, i like that idea..plus its actually a by-law for many construction companys here in MI..cut down a tree and replace it with 2. and no whatever kinda tree it is that you cut down...you must replace that certain kinda times 2

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Hayabusarider
I am not sure if this is precisely what Tominator had in mind, but some trees can indeed increase pollution

<a class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/2001/07/07242001/pollution_44398.asp" target=blank>Interesting read</A>

Ahh.. I understand. That is an interesting read. I was thinking along different lines...

I still disagree with the notion that too many trees can cause pollution though. I highly doubt a natural forest has these problems.. It's because nature always strikes a balance. If you planted a whole bunch of trees that produce a lot of ozone in a small area, I can see how there could be a problem. We need to plant things as they're found in nature, not how we like them.

Guess you learn something new everyday. It still irks me that it can even be said like that though. I mean come on.... plantlife is one of the only ways our atmosphere gets recycled... We have far.. far.. worse pollutants than the VOCs plants produce. :Q

Besides, we don't really have any of the bad ones(London Plane, California Sycamore, Liquidamber, Chinese Sweet Gum, Goldenrain Tree, and the Scarlet, Red and Willow Oaks) here, at least not naturally.

And I hardly consider pollen to be a pollutant, even if some people are allergic to it.

We need to stop using trees for paper pulp. It's rediculous. There are far better sources of pulp than wood.

I also think trees should be considered a semi-renewable resource. They're renewable.. but it takes time. They call a 50 year old tree "mature". Ha! Get real. a 50 year old tree is hardly mature.. maybe if you add another 100 years to it's life, you could consider it an adult.

 

[optimistic]

I kick trees when no one's looking.

 

[optimistic]

 

[PsychoAndy]

I like trees. They keep AC bills down.

-PAB