"Timothy" wrote in message
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On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 14:50:28 +0000, Phred wrote:

In article , xtremegreen
wrote:
On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 17:37:47 +1000, Prudence wrote:

Indeed, retrain them for new and exciting Tassie industries like
whaling, or innovative products like tuna free dolphin meat.

Fishfarming is a BIG industry in Tasmania. Trees make oxygen and you
have
to have it. No more attacking your life support system Prudence or
you'll
end up like Tony Abbott.

Trees aren't the only things that "make" oxygen. (Well at least make it
available in molecular form.)

It could well be argued that a paddock of dense growth of weeds and/or
grasses would make more nett oxygen available to the poor bloody
dependent
animals like us, than an equivalent area of trees. (And it would be
interesting to compare the figures for regrowth forest versus "old
growth"
in this sense.)


Trees are more inportant for temputure and weather control of the earth
than oxygen creation. Half of the oxygen created on earth is done so by
phytoplankton. I wonder what the total out put of O2 is from green plants
vs. trees. Anyone have that information..?



http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...oplankton.html


All the hot air over this subject probably has been enough to raise the sea
levels 10 feet!

If the earth ever becomes an arid wasteland we can all grow cactii.