On 26/06/2011 10:12 AM, Nad R wrote:

>>
>> If you want to carry it to the extreme, we should not plant flowers or
>> shrubs around the house, but should plant vegetables and fruits to feed
>> the hungry. Take the surplus to the food bank or ethanol plant.
>
> Grass... I am guilty of my six acre lawn. My understanding it takes as much
> carbon fuels to mow the gas as the grass removes the carbon from the air. I
> should plant fruit trees that might be better for me and the air.

We have been complaining about the destruction of the rain forest, but
Europeans cut down most of their forests years ago and then branched out
to North America where they continued the practice of clearing the land
for agriculture and building materials.

On 2011-06-26, Dave Smith > wrote:

> We have been complaining about the destruction of the rain forest, but
> Europeans cut down most of their forests years ago and then branched out
> to North America where they continued the practice of clearing the land
> for agriculture and building materials.

Quite right! Quite right!

In the meantime, is there a single living commodity we are not
exploiting/consuming into extinction? I think not.

nb

On 2011-06-26, notbob > wrote:

> In the meantime, is there a single living commodity we are not
> exploiting/consuming into extinction? I think not.

Jes dawned on me....We are our own dinosaur meteor.

nb