If we stopped buying "cut" Christmas trees and started buying live ones, would it slow down global warming? Getting fake ones wouldn't help because it would increase plastic production creating more air pollution. But what if people decided to buy live trees and replant them? Wouldn't it make some bit of difference?
2006-12-15 20:38:56 · 4 answers · asked by unknown 3 in Environment
WTF? There is such a thing as a potted tree. I have one in my living room. And I'm going to replant it.
2006-12-15 20:49:14 · update #1
I'm with you on that topic...
I'm sadden at the fact that the typical tree is 10 years old when it is killed for ornament... seems ridiculous and unfair.... (and don't get me started on the centuries old trees for the cities...)
I cringe when I see merchants with their lots full of cut trees... how do they know they all will sell? They don't.
I shutter to think just how many thousands of cut trees don't make it in to a living room each year and have been cut down for absolutely nothing.
I'm not against Christmas, we haven't had a tree up (either kind) for the last 5 years or so. It has saved us a TON of work (assembling and disassembling), saved us worry when are the cats going to throw it over, saved us money on the tree, the gas, the decorations etc...
Poinsettias, Christmas cactus and other festive plants are just as nice for us to bring in some holiday cheer.... we get branches for mantle decorating for the aroma of pine...the tree still lives.
The potted live trees are wonderful and I think if enough people would do that it would make a difference, but unfortunately not everyone has the space to plant a tree each year.
I've thought of planting a tree just outside our living room window to decorate with bird seed ornaments, nuts and of course some energy saving lights.... who absolutely needs to have the tree IN the house? The birds would have something to eat, everything (except the lights) would biodegrade and no mess for us to clean up! (plus watching the birds would be nice too)
(Just in case someone reading this wants to do the potted tree idea... please note that the tree can't stay in the house all that long, otherwise it'll wake up from it's dormancy and when the holidays are done and you put it outside the shock could kill the tree). (I'm not sure the duration, I've only heard about it, please check with the nursery that sells the trees).
Happy Holidays to you and your tree!
2006-12-16 01:25:27 · answer #1 · answered by Gigi 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. Nice thought but who's going to replant them??!! They buy them and use them at Christmas and then they're no good. You can't replant them.. A for effort!!
2006-12-16 04:42:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fight with air pollution, not with global warming or Christmas trees; don’t spoil your own holiday! This tree or that it will not help global cooling.
2006-12-16 04:49:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think you totally right.
2006-12-16 04:41:41 · answer #4 · answered by Jaming 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋