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Lack Of Trees In Irish And British Countrysides
On May 9, 12:15 pm, Si wrote:
On 8 May, 13:49, Des Higgins wrote: On May 8, 11:15 am, mothed out wrote: On May 7, 11:53 pm, (Way Back Jack) wrote: TV documentaries and travelogues reveal a lot of lush "green" in those countrysides but a relative scarcity of trees. Is it climate? Too windy in Ireland? Sheep and/or other livestock? One factor is this: The EU has been paying farmers to cut down trees for a long time. I think it is now paying people to plant them again. Tree coverage in Ireland was at its lowest point a century ago. The EU has nothing to do with it. In fact, Irish tree coverage has been slowly growing since the 70s. The trees disappeared for farming, fuel and for building (including ships), centuries ago. T'was the towel heads(pasted from an old SCI thread): "Message from Q'il Q'as (Al Jazzbeera) Q'adda yen Hamid fastha q'on Aymid? Tha Tehran A'Q'ilta er Al'Awer. Ni Al Traw'q ter Q'il Q'as nawat' Ayla'q, Shni Q'lingfer A'Qling Ibn' Braw " Si "Bog snorkler extraordinaire" This is worth the 45 minutes I've spent poking around in SCI and another one where Cat put some Irish men in their place (again). Thanks for the laughs folks, hope you're all well, am keeping busy with the wee boys. I believe I will have some downtime in 2015 so keep an eye out for me then. Bo xx |
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Lack Of Trees In Irish And British Countrysides
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, Boliath wrote: On May 9, 12:15 pm, Si wrote: On 8 May, 13:49, Des Higgins wrote: On May 8, 11:15 am, mothed out wrote: On May 7, 11:53 pm, (Way Back Jack) wrote: TV documentaries and travelogues reveal a lot of lush "green" in those countrysides but a relative scarcity of trees. Is it climate? Too windy in Ireland? Sheep and/or other livestock? One factor is this: The EU has been paying farmers to cut down trees for a long time. I think it is now paying people to plant them again. Tree coverage in Ireland was at its lowest point a century ago. The EU has nothing to do with it. In fact, Irish tree coverage has been slowly growing since the 70s. The trees disappeared for farming, fuel and for building (including ships), centuries ago. T'was the towel heads(pasted from an old SCI thread): "Message from Q'il Q'as (Al Jazzbeera) Q'adda yen Hamid fastha q'on Aymid? Tha Tehran A'Q'ilta er Al'Awer. Ni Al Traw'q ter Q'il Q'as nawat' Ayla'q, Shni Q'lingfer A'Qling Ibn' Braw " Si "Bog snorkler extraordinaire" This is worth the 45 minutes I've spent poking around in SCI and another one where Cat put some Irish men in their place (again). Thanks for the laughs folks, hope you're all well, am keeping busy with the wee boys. I believe I will have some downtime in 2015 so keep an eye out for me then. Bo xx Please join me in the Republican toast. -- Billy Bush and Pelosi Behind Bars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo...eature=related |
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