Wrong.
There is nothing that is old news about trees. They get taken for granted so often it's not even funny. On the site www.treesaregood.com, I found some very interesting facts:
Did you know...
- A tree can cool a building by almost 20 degrees in the summertime. Way to decrease your air conditioning bill!
- Trees prevent erosion. Their roots hold the soil in place while they gain nourishment from it. By preventing erosion, the trees allow us to have more stable ground upon which we can build, plant crops, and do any number of different things.
- One tree produces nearly 260 pounds of oxygen each year. That's a lot of oxygen people! To put it in perspective a human consumes an overage of about 5 pounds of oxygen per day according to the internet (which as you probably know by now isn't always true but in this case I believe that it's a fair estimate)
I certainly didn't know any of those things but it just goes to show that trees aren't just pretty decor. They're a really important part of our day to day lives. If there weren't trees where would we be? Producing oxygen and reducing carbon dioxide would definitely be trickier. The world would probably be warmer and more soil would erode every time it precipitated or the tide went in and out. NOT a world I want to live in. So respect the trees and don't forget how much they do for you every day.
I conclude with the immortal words of Dr. Suess in The Lorax " I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues." Though the Lorax I am not, I still would speak out against the unnecessary removal of trees from the world. With every tree that is cut down, we decrease all those wonderful things that they do for us. So the next time you sit down beneath a tree on a hot summer day, you might try saying thank you or singing it a song (plants grow better when spoken or sung to) as a way of showing your appreciation to this little praised species that does so much.
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