A question for all you hippies who try to "save the trees"?

Question

28.0 billion pounds of beef is consumed in the U.S. every year.

1 million trees are cut down every day in the U.S.

Theese are simliar numbers consedring that there are a lot more trees than cows, now.

Are you worried about cows going extinct if we eat that much beef?

No, because cows reproduce.

Awhile back foresters cutting down trees relised something.

They were running out of trees.

They couldn't keep on going as is, cutting down every tree without planting new ones would not be profitable.

So they devised a tree farm, which slowly grew in popularity in lumbering companies and are now today in the U.S. the main source for wood.

6 trees are planted for every tree cut down, 80% of that comes from lumber companies.

So, why recycle paper?

Answer 1

a tree isnt a tree , what you get is monoculture

Answer 2

<<So, why recycle paper?

It saves on pointlessly dumping mounds of the stuff in garbage tips or pollution caused by incineration, and the paper recycling industry happens to provide some people with employment.

Despite the 30cm or so hair length, I'm still capable of seeing the kind of details you appear to have missed.  I've no idea why you mentioned beef when attempting to ask about paper.

Answer 3

You can not label and class people by what you perceive as their ideals and how a label says they should answer a question or issue. People are different and all have different levels of knowledge when it comes to anything and everything, including the environment. Most people understand that eating meat is not a really great idea but some do it more or less than others. Most people understand that destroying old growth forests and protected jungle habitat is destructive and flies in the face of common sense. The length of ones hair, the color of their spectacles, and the green flags with the "E" logo have nothing to do with how a person answers the problems of their world. For those who smoke pot, well, they have the same issues to consider, just takes them a minute more than you, and that's okay. The problem here is labeling a person and then telling them that they have not got a clue because their label said so. I give people credit for their compassion and intelligence where due. The young learn, the old remember, we all care. Everyone reuses and recycles and the earth thanks you all, as will all the children who come after and inherit our legacy.