Dumb decision

[NEexpat]

Ok I'll jump in,

When I read about this I was disappointed on a couple of levels, first that these tress would be cut down and second and more amazing to me was this is NASA, NASA, these are supposed to be the best and brightest.

The same guys who had that Mars Curiosity Rover doing all kinds of things a few weeks ago in order to land on the Martian surface. Here

I watch that animation and think these guys couldn't have found a way to move this thing without hacking down all these trees. Put their collective heads together and "over engineer" a solution.

I think perhaps they didn't see removing all those trees as a problem which needed a solution. If that was the case, it's a pretty sorry state of affairs.

cheers

[TPA5]

I wondered why massive de-forestation is rampant in todays world and few people complain.

Turns out it's because most people are utterly ignorant and laden with bad facts when it comes to trees and oxygen production.

Thing is, we need plants, trees, and algae for oxygen production to work. Cripple even one part of that equation, everything else becomes more unstable. It's like taking supports out of a building. It may stand for a little bit if only a few supports are removed, but the extra load placed on the other supports will be under more stress than designed for and will fail. It's basic math.

And b20vteg, your logic seems to dictate that tree's need to be right next to you to provide breathable oxygen. False. The oxygen created by trees, plants, and algae is released into the atmosphere where it's distributed by air currents.

In summary, removing any part of the oxygen equation spells bad news for earth. But 400 trees in LA is a paltry sum compared to the millions felled each year in order to keep pockets lined and cities sprawling. I'm not even a tree-hugging type and I can see this spelling diaster for everyone in a few decades, probably less, if left unchecked.

[TLyttle]

I live in logging country, and I see trucks go by in the dozens every day. Some of them have 3 of our old-growth trees on them, some of them have 600 "trees" (sticks, really) on them. The loggers/processors won't quit until the are all gone. One trucker told me, "Of course it will keep going! You will always need toilet paper, won't ya? The "supersoft" kind?" Why is "recycle" a four-letter word?

[07stlYaris]

Recycled toilet paper?????? One word "GROSS"

[TLyttle]

Okay, does "reprocessed" help with your sensitivities? Good grief...