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World's oldest tree in B.C. falls (pg. 2)
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Magnetonium
Oh, and dont forget that when people cut down millions of trees every year, they miraculously grow back immediately!!!! And its not true that only half of African rainforest remains, and the Amazon rainforest destruction is a myth, too. |
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"A red cedar tree believed to be almost 1,000 years old and reputedly the largest of its kind in the world uprooted and toppled from natural causes in Vancouver's Stanley Park" i.e. it died, naturally. What has it got to do with the deforestation of the Amazon region? |
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| Magnetonium |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
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"A red cedar tree believed to be almost 1,000 years old and reputedly the largest of its kind in the world uprooted and toppled from natural causes in Vancouver's Stanley Park" i.e. it died, naturally. What has it got to do with the deforestation of the Amazon region? |
You quoted my entire post, so I assumed you were mocking me. I was just saying how ironic is that several of these magnificent tress have been lost to weather recently ... as many more are getting cut. Just a thought. You'd have to be more direct than the vague answer like:
"Trees aren't eternal, you know?"
Quotes like:
"I'm just surprised by his post because it seems he's never realised trees have always grown, reproduced and died. This is not new or anything..."
Just disregarded my hint to the huge issue of forest destruction around the world. I guess noone understands it or takes the issue seriously. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Magnetonium
You quoted my entire post, so I assumed you were mocking me. |
Actually, I just quoted the first paragraph, because I really didn't understand the link between this one tree and global warming :p
I was just saying how ironic is that several of these magnificent tress have been lost to weather recently ... as many more are getting cut. Just a thought. You'd have to be more direct than the vague answer like:
| quote: | Originally posted by Magnetonium
"Trees aren't eternal, you know?"
Quotes like:
"I'm just surprised by his post because it seems he's never realised trees have always grown, reproduced and died. This is not new or anything..." |
Kay, I'll make my thoughts clearer next time :)
| quote: | Originally posted by Magnetonium
Just disregarded my hint to the huge issue of forest destruction around the world. I guess noone understands it or takes the issue seriously. |
No, no, I do think it is important to fight deforestation and all that. |
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| Magnetonium |
It's all good, Lira, all good ;-)
I know that it was just one huge tree lost ... but doesnt it make you think immediately about the huge loss of trees every day around the world? Cause thats the first thought that popped into my head. I know that for many people it doesnt even cross their mind. No hint or no reminder. No association to the loss of this precious habitat. Trees die naturally, too, and they grow back naturally as well, but we kill too many more of them as well.
The death of an important tree should make people feel more alarmed and concerned about the issue of deforestation. |
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| xenpro |
oldest tree 1000 years old?
Methuselah (estimated germination 2832 BC) is a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) in the White Mountains of California, which was 4,789 years old when sampled in 1957 when the trees were originally being surveyed by Schulman and Harlan. It is the oldest living organism currently known and documented, and still alive. |
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| eROs.au |
| quote: | Originally posted by xenpro
oldest tree 1000 years old?
Methuselah (estimated germination 2832 BC) is a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) in the White Mountains of California, which was 4,789 years old when sampled in 1957 when the trees were originally being surveyed by Schulman and Harlan. It is the oldest living organism currently known and documented, and still alive. |
There are several other 4000-3000 year old trees as well. |
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| Omega_M |
| quote: | Originally posted by xenpro
oldest tree 1000 years old? |
Read the subject line. It was the oldest tree in British Columbia. |
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| eROs.au |
| quote: | | World's oldest tree in B.C. falls |
You can't tell me something isn't wrong with this. |
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| Omega_M |
| yeah he's messed it up a bit. |
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| eROs.au |
| quote: | Originally posted by Magnetonium
Ummm, no offense, but are you an idiot?
You are comparing a PLANT to a TREE? Are you insane? Do you even know the huge difference between how much carbon a tree can intake and stabilize in its roots, trunk, branches??? Plus you little drug plant will not only intake much smaller amounts, but it will release its CO2 back into the air once the leaves drop off or are chopped off. The tree stores carbon. And in much bigger amounts.
You guys make me sick with all the environmental ignorance. Hint: Al Gore is not environment, so no need to think that global warming means everything environment-related.
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Hemp has a massive growth rate. A field of hemp probably consumes carbon dioxide faster than a field of trees.
Besides, most of the carbon fixation in the world occurs in single celled algae
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| jonSun |
| quote: | Originally posted by eROs.au
Hemp has a massive growth rate. A field of hemp probably consumes carbon dioxide faster than a field of trees.
Besides, most of the carbon fixation in the world occurs in single celled algae
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Stop making it seem like Euros knows something about plants. |
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| Magnetonium |
| quote: | Originally posted by eROs.au
Hemp has a massive growth rate. A field of hemp probably consumes carbon dioxide faster than a field of trees.
Besides, most of the carbon fixation in the world occurs in single celled algae
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Ok, lets cut down all the rainforests then [continue cutting them]. Who cares that rainforests are home to almost two thirds of the world's medicines. It won't affect the quality of air, it wont affect the soil, the climate, the water quality and the animals, plants and insects that depend on trees. Trees are just for a show, marijuana plants are far more important to support life than stupid trees. Algae is all we need, algae is more important than trees. After all, marijuana plants keep the soil stronger and healthier than trees can ever do. :rolleyes: |
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