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Old 12-05-2008, 09:02 PM posted to sci.bio.botany,rec.gardens,soc.culture.british,soc.culture.irish
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Default Lack Of Trees In Irish And British Countrysides

In article , Falcon
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"Culchie Aspirant" wrote in message
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The building of the Spanish Armada itself deforested Spain and Spain
is significantly larger than Ireland and Britain added together.


God almighty. Just when I thought things couldn't get sillier, we have a
debate in which a 'scientist' actually claims to explain deforestation
by blaming hundreds of years of ecological damage on the building a
couple of hundred ships.


We're all doomed, I tell you.


That is bound to be the death of Irish forests. Think of all them coffins
........

Jochen

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