Actually trees don't give off all that much oxygen. Last I heard, 90% of Earth's oxygen comes from sea alge. Kind of a shame about the tree though. I wonder how long it could've lasted before it died on its own.
Meth junkie burns down 3,500 year old tree
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That was the bit of the article where I started laughing too. It makes it sound like meth was more of a hobby she was passionate about than something an addicting substance that turned her into some sort of zombie looking thing.TrilbyWill said:
That pretty optimistic of you don't you think? I give her four or five years at the most at the rate she's going.Ultratwinkie said:
I find it rather hard to value a person who doesn't contribute anything to society and in fact detracts from society not only by burning the tree but by the crimes that she has undoubtedly committed to get money for her little smokey hobby over a tree. Any tree really, it doesn't even have to be a 3,500 year old tree, it could be the tree I planted in my back yard when I was 7 years old, I'd still be pissed if some "meth enthusiast" had set fire to it. The best thing we could do for her is to provide her with a couple of pounds of meth and put her in a concrete room with it so she couldn't burn down anything else of value.him over there said:
I'm by no means trying to start a 'value of human life' debate here but some would say that tree was more valuable than a junkie's life.
And if not, how many burnt/felled trees does it take to equal the value of one human life? Don't misconstrue me here, I'm not a tree-hugging hippy but I find it hard to feel anything for a burnt out meth head who negligently destroyed a friggin 3500 year old tree.
And if not, how many burnt/felled trees does it take to equal the value of one human life? Don't misconstrue me here, I'm not a tree-hugging hippy but I find it hard to feel anything for a burnt out meth head who negligently destroyed a friggin 3500 year old tree.
I am pretty sure he cant get anymore degraded after the last robot chicken starwarsColinmac93 said:
http://video.adultswim.com/robot-chicken/palpatines-last-moments.html
also she totally does look like him
so meth = dark side?
maybe she burnt it down with force lighting LMAO
Er, by that logic though, she's a net gain for any neighbouring state who'd get some of that tourism money the state is losing.Ultratwinkie said:
By that merit I could use the same argument against that POS junkie, because I am extremely certain that she spends most of her average day in a haze or incredibly high. She isn't living.him over there said:
Other countries then.Ultratwinkie said:
Hey, how's that for a conspiarcy theory? This was really set up by Canadians, to stop Canadian tourist money going to the US, and encourage foreing tourists to Canada.
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Oh, and I am impressed by the way people can tell she does nothing but do drugs and commit crimes to pay for drugs from that small article and accompaning picture.
My bet is vandalism and reckless endangerment, along with destruction of public property. And perhaps a few other charges thrown in there, for good measure.RamirezDoEverything said:
A despicable act of murder-vandalism, to boot! My sincere condolences to the tree's family and patrons. I must weep, for I am deeply saddened by the untimely loss of such a beautiful tree. The life of a sapling will go with little sadness, yet 'tis the oldest trees which are the most revered, more than many a centegenarian human. For the immovable giant has seen not just seen one century, but over three hundred; and its loss seems more tragic than that of humanity itself.
Hahahaha... brilliant!Jamash said:
Well it depends on how you define a tree. It also depends on what criteria you use to describe something being the same plant. There are several clonal plant colonies that are far older and some are pretty easy to describe as the same plant like creosote bush rings (there are in California, and some are between 10,000 and 12,000 years old). There is also Pando, which is, well you have access to wikipedia. Look that sucker up. Quite possibly the oldest, largest, and heaviest organism in the world with some arguing it's nearly one million years old.DanielBrown said:
Sure the trees you see above ground are not nearly that old, but the interconnected root system below the ground sure is.
Well yes, there's a bit of fraternal (or whatever you'd call it) sympathy going on there.Kendarik said:
The circle of life and death continues.
Rejoice that it lived to be truly ancient. It's demise was inevitable, but it had an extremely good run. Some go silently, some go out in fanfare. And with death, well, it's all you can ask for right?
Rejoice that it lived to be truly ancient. It's demise was inevitable, but it had an extremely good run. Some go silently, some go out in fanfare. And with death, well, it's all you can ask for right?
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/old-tree-gallery/all/1C F said:
oddly i wondered that and looked it up
its a tree in japan from the looks of it