RANT CORNER

[Emmson]

I would rank the felling of that tree as a serious crime and it requires a serious penalty for the culprit. As someone I read mentioned it was "stealing joy" it is not a trivial matter at all.

[Derek27]

I would rank the felling of that tree as a serious crime and it requires a serious penalty for the culprit. As someone I read mentioned it was "stealing joy" it is not a trivial matter at all.

Unfortunately, I doubt that tree has any special legal protection. If that's the case, it would be just like chopping down any tree and he'll probably get two weeks litter picking.

On the plus side, he might get lynched while doing it.

[ShaunWhite]

On the plus side, he might get lynched while doing it.

Everyday 80,000 acres of rain forest are lost and another 80,000 degraded. 80,000 acres is approx 40,000,0000 trees.

[Derek27]

On the plus side, he might get lynched while doing it.

Everyday 80,000 acres of rain forest are lost and another 80,000 degraded. 80,000 acres is approx 40,000,0000 trees.

Is that 40M or 400M, with a comma in the wrong place?

[Emmson]

If any good can come out of this its that it may have awakened the feelings of awe, appreciation and wonder that nature can bring. Not in me, I already have that but in those that don't.

[ShaunWhite]

It's 400-600 per acre Derek so 40m trees a day plus associated ecosystem.

I hope that people who feel something about this one tree spare a thought for what's happening on a global scale. Frankly the boo hooing and eulogising seems a bit like virtue signalling in the wider context.

[Emmson]

Virtue Magnets can Virtue Signal too ...or so it seems.

[ShaunWhite]

Virtue Magnets can Virtue Signal too ...or so it seems.

I don't get that?

Tbh I was going to delete my post. It's was unfair to those who care all the time, which is most people these days. Anything that gets headlines is fine by me.

[Emmson]

Everyone throwing arrows out of the shadows at me today but at least I have some respect for Shaun unlike that odious creature arbitrage.

[Bobajob]

I would rank the felling of that tree as a serious crime and it requires a serious penalty for the culprit. As someone I read mentioned it was "stealing joy" it is not a trivial matter at all.

"Climate Change" is also a serious crime and requires a serious penalty for the culprit

[Derek27]

I would rank the felling of that tree as a serious crime and it requires a serious penalty for the culprit. As someone I read mentioned it was "stealing joy" it is not a trivial matter at all.

"Climate Change" is also a serious crime and requires a serious penalty for the culprit

You mean causing climate change. Every single one of us would be guilty of that, unless you don't use electricity, gas and only travel on foot or horseback.

[Derek27]

Websites where the only way to change your password is to pretend you're an idiot and forgotten it!

[ShaunWhite]

I would rank the felling of that tree as a serious crime and it requires a serious penalty for the culprit. As someone I read mentioned it was "stealing joy" it is not a trivial matter at all.

"Climate Change" is also a serious crime and requires a serious penalty for the culprit

You mean causing climate change. Every single one of us would be guilty of that, unless you don't use electricity, gas and only travel on foot or horseback.

"changing" makes it sound like something we'll acclimatise to, it's 'change' where the end point is a scorched rock.

For those that think our 1 or 2% isn't worth doing, 30% of global emissions is from counties contributing 1% or less each. We're not necessarily at the mercy of China, India and the US.

[Derek27]

A 16-year-old's been arrested. Can't imagine how a 16-year-old could cut down a tree like that on his own!

A fckn big chain saw and a lot of skill. I'm appalled too but that's one of the cleanest cuts I've seen. I don't get how he did it without pulleys and ropes to stop the blade being trapped. And how did a 16yo get all that gear there without a vehicle.

A second person has been arrested. He's the guy with the pulleys, ropes and pickup trucks. I reckon the 16-year-old was his apprentice or on lookout duties.

[Bobajob]

I would rank the felling of that tree as a serious crime and it requires a serious penalty for the culprit. As someone I read mentioned it was "stealing joy" it is not a trivial matter at all.

"Climate Change" is also a serious crime and requires a serious penalty for the culprit

You mean causing climate change. Every single one of us would be guilty of that, unless you don't use electricity, gas and only travel on foot or horseback.

Causing "Climate Change" in some people's eyes is just as much a serious crime as cutting down a tree