Question about envirroment????

Question

i went to my friends house and switched on three lights and switched it off(accidnet, i'm really enviromental)

she said 'omg, you killed about three trees already'

is it true, cuz no matter how i think about it, how can just that kill 3 big trees??

ps:when i say kill i meant the trees used as energy.

Answer 1

No, trees are not used to produce electricity - anywhere.

Secondly, even if you used a little electricity and that was produced from a fossil fuel such as coal or natural gas, then there was just a little bit of CO2, and other hydrocarbons released. But for a light bulb, almost nothing.

Secondly, the CO2 levels have been going up in the world -- causing global warming, etc. But that doesn't kill tree's. (Ok well technically there are secondary effects by changing weather patterns that can cause droughts or flooding and kill trees, or people, or crickets or about anything else...)

In fact higher CO2 levels actually have some positive side effects people rarely talk about. Higher CO2 levels actually make it easier for vegetation to grow, including trees. (Assuming weather patterns don't change too much to offset the effect of higher CO2)

Now don't get me wrong, the negatives for global warming far out weight the positives, but in any case you didn't kill any trees.

Answer 2

Please don't post the same question more than once.

Answer 3

in the developed countries trees are not used for fuel; surely not for power stations.