On 25 Nov 2003 17:43:05 -0800, wrote:

TV shows we see in the US show beautiful green Ireland, and we hear
about abundant rainfall, but see very few trees. Is the terrain,
clmate, etc. not suitable to trees or is it because animals chomp
them?

It's because people chopped them down a long time ago for firewood and to
build ships and to clear land for farming.

--
Tim.

If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would
be so simple that we couldn't.