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[Larry Williams]

Michael-------With due respect to others that believe differently  
than you it seems, who appreciate the strength, wisdom and knowledge  
that trees contain, I wish to think that you have an open mind to new  
ideas. Your comment about "Tree Huggers" seems to lack an  
appreciative understand of the connection others may have of trees. I  
being one, of them tree huggers.

Just a note:
Last week I dropped a 120 foot Douglas Fir. In sizing up the tree I  
gave it a hug in all of the quadrants of the compass. Some time was  
spent to assess her needs.

There was one point where I realized that great care and attention  
was of immediate need for it was standing while resting on two steel  
wedges and a hinge. As I looked up to the top of the tree, I noticed  
that air was still in it's branches and in the branches of the  
adjacent trees. In a moment it was obvious that haste was important  
less she decide to act.

The chain saw was put into the cut, then several teeth sparked as  
they touched the beveled tip of a wedge. With some fine sawdust mixed  
with full curled pieces of the hinge and a couple more taps on the  
wedges she started to fall. A hundred feet above me her branches  
lightly brushed a neighbor and with finesse of a dancer rolled off  
the stump to land two feet off the intended fall line. Her upper body  
landed, spot on the mark, missing a rhododendron as planned. Yes,  
with some luck.

When I drove by, on leaving, I had a tinge of regret of dropping her.  
Would it have meaning to say that she had strength and it showed as  
she laid on the ground.

This tree was not an enemy to slay. My ego is not proud for having  
dropped it. Some lessons in humility were learn which I am thankful  
for. From my perspective I did take a being to be used for a home  
construction project. Of course, that's part of my family history in  
a small lumber mill as a child (first a cedar shake mill then a stud  
mill, 2"X4"X 8') supplying the housing market of the 50' and 60's.

I like to think that I bring to this list some of the emotions of my  
connection to plants and their associates and a practical sense of  
creating a useful product. Now, those experiences can be applied to  
the process that created Terra Preta.

Thanks Michael for this opportunity for me to express my thoughts and  
I thank all on this list for sharing. We are only going to leave this  
life with the experiences we had and nary a dime-------Larry

P.S. Let's see life cycle analysis of the carbon in a forest and not  
just of a tree.


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On Dec 5, 2007, at 10:20 PM, Michael Bailes wrote:

> Thanks
> An interesting article.
>
> The usefulness of planting trees in Temperate Climates to sequester  
> carbon has not been scientifically established
> SEE
> http://forums.hypography.com/earth-science/9998-planting-trees-good- 
> thing-bad-thing.html
>
> Yet "Tree Huggers" continue to promote the myth? PLEASE DONATE HERE  
> AND WE WILL PLANT A TREE FOR YOU" ! ??
>
> Trees do help in the Tropics but that is the area that most  
> deforestation is occurring (+Queensland)
> Look at the rape of Papua by Indonesian Government
> MA
>
> On 04/12/2007, code suidae <codesuidae at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't recall seeing this go by on the list, and thought it would be
> of interest:
>
> <http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20071129/cm_csm/yapfelbaum_1 >
>
> It doesn't mention TP, but makes some other suggestions that seem
> pretty sound to me.
>
> Dave K
> --
> "Our ignorance is not so vast as our failure to use what we know." -
> M. King Hubbert
>
> _______________________________________________
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>
> -- 
> Michael the Archangel
>
> "You can fix all the world's problems in a garden. . . .
> Most people don't know that"
> FROM
> http://www.blog.thesietch.org/wp-content/permaculture.swf
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