2006-11-25 07:57:33 · 13 answers · asked by alfonsoarredondo 2 in Environment
I don't buy natural christmas trees....i use fake ones ...i don't want to see trees cut down perioid.
2006-11-25 07:59:27 · answer #1 · answered by @ubreY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of discussion on both sides of that question. On the one hand, cutting down a tree is cutting down a tree -- but you can always plant a tree to replace it. Some people advocate buying a living Christmas tree, planting it in your yard and having it to use year-round for the next hundred or so years. Other people suggest that instead of cutting down a tree it makes more sense to use an artificial tree, which can be reused indefinitely. Only problem with that is plastic trees are petroleum products, so that gets you into another quagmire of contention.
Guess the bottom line is to give up Christmas trees, but seems like a Scroogish suggestion.
2006-11-25 16:07:39 · answer #2 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is friendly to buy natural Christmas trees. There are Christmas tree farms where pines are grown specifically for Christmas. The trees are not cut down from the forest but from the farms. Also the farmers replace the trees that are cut down each year so that they can continue to make a profit. It is a continuous cycle.
2006-11-25 16:02:45 · answer #3 · answered by vcutheatre 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On one hand I think it is...then on the other I think it might be more earth friendly to buy an artificial to use again and again. We used to use real pine trees for Christmas....but the cost, care & manintence and the after season mess as well as the thought of all the trees in the landfill...not to mention I always managed to ruin a vacume...we bought an artificial a few years ago, and I think in the long run it has been more earth & family friendly.
2006-11-25 16:05:45 · answer #4 · answered by Barbiq 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why wouldnt it be? Because they cut them down? If you go to a good place often times they cut them down on a "tree farm" and not in a big forest out in the wilderness. So they grow them on some land for a period of time then cut them down and bring them to the lot to be sold. I would suggest getting a real tree! They are the best and smell SO good. But make sure if you are going to do that to check and see where the trees are raised. Because you dont want any 'tree poatchers!!" Have a great Christmas! Get a real tree and make sure you water it LOTS to keep it alive and fresh otherwise it is a fire hazard!
2006-11-25 16:02:44 · answer #5 · answered by Sabrina P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are making me think, Alfonso. My knee jerk response is yes. Then I began to think of ways it is not an earth friendly tradition. The necessity of growing only one kind of plant over many acres is not. The smog created when cultivating, harvesting, & transporting them is not. The manner of disposal generally is not. Multiply all those nots by the number of years an artificial tree can be used. My conclusion is - - - who knows? The most environmentally sound method of having a Christmas tree is to use the same live (not cut) tree every year.
Waadaya mean I'm not very helpful ?-D
2006-11-25 16:17:17 · answer #6 · answered by bob h 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is actually better.
First, the natural tree has captured a fair amount of CO2 while growing, and when disposed of, it is biodegradable. Many cities pick up tress after the holiday season is over, and chip them up to convert them to gardening top soil cover. And tamiflu, the anti-flu medecine, is synthesized from shikimic acid, which can be extracted from pine tree needles.
Synthetic trees, on the other hand, are the result of a complex industrial process to process petroleum into plastic, and some steps in it can be rather environmentally "heavy".
Have no fear for forests with thoe natural trees. No one likes to go in the wood to pick them up as it is a lot of trouble, so those trees are harvested from fields that are planted -- nursery style -- for the sole purpose of providing the evergreen needed for the holiday season.
2006-11-25 16:04:32 · answer #7 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, as long as the tree was grown less than 5 miles away fro m you (and has not been transported through half of the continent). You will also see a difference at the time how long the needles will stay on the tree and not green your living room's floor...
2006-11-25 16:05:03 · answer #8 · answered by Chris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you recycle them. We have a Christmas tree farm about 30 miles away so you can go cut your own. They take all of ours and put them in the bottom of our lake for fish habitat after Christmas. We use an artificial one because of allergies.
2006-11-25 16:01:26 · answer #9 · answered by unicornfarie1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you buy a tree buy a living one that you will plant outside later . if you not sure you will re plant the tree then dont have a real tree .
get a fake one or draw a pic of one and stick it on the wall
2006-11-25 16:00:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋