Almost 40 Years Ago A 16-Year-Old Started Planting A Tree Every Day On A Remote Island, And Now Its Unrecognizable

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[–]Ergu 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Doesn't the lumber industry plant all the trees it harvests? I don't think the world is lacking in trees. This isn't ferngully or avatar. There is no shortage.

[–]C3P0 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

By "the lumber industry," you probably mean the US lumber industry. That's about as naive as opposing slave labor then importing most of your textiles and apparel from foreign country.

[–]Ergu 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Pretty sure the US gets most of its lumber from Canada, which grows sustainable pine.

[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Good one.

It doesn't help that there's also the pine beetle problem.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_pine_beetle

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=pine+beetle+map&iar=images

[–]C3P0 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks. I'm glad someone can appreciate humor.