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"Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do." -- Ronald Reagan, 1981

All that oxygen they emit is annoying!

and what's with those those friggin' leaves.....always falling on my lawn 'n $hit?????

and sap???? don' even get me started! you ever try to get that mess off ya windshield???? sheeeeeeet.

One word- Stupid!

One word- Stupid!

kinda harsh decribing reagan that way, but yeah. if the dunce cap fits....

termites are the No. 1 polluter, or is it cows polluting the air with methane gas

as president Ronald Reagan said in 1981. "Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do," he opined. A little later, environmental scientists ruefully confirmed he was partially right. In hot weather, trees release volatile organic hydrocarbons including terpenes and isoprenes - two molecules linked to photochemical smog. In very hot weather, the production of these begins to accelerate.

America's Great Smoky Mountains are supposed to take their name from the photochemical smog released by millions of hectares of hardwoods.

This week Natural Environment Research Council scientists warned that as summer temperatures rise in the UK, the isoprene output from trees could make a small but noticeable contribution to human discomfort. Isoprene serves as a catalyst, driving the rate at which sunlight breaks down oxides of nitrogen - mostly from agriculture and cars - to produce atmospheric ozone.

Ozone is a triple molecule of oxygen. High in the stratosphere it is a godsend, screening out cancer-causing ultraviolet radiation. But in the lower atmosphere it is a toxin: it causes stinging eyes, prickling nostrils and aggravates severe respiratory problems. Statisticians calculate that in August 2003 - the long hot summer that caused an estimated 20,000 deaths in western Europe - more than 500 British deaths could be attributed to ozone pollution.

as president Ronald Reagan said in 1981. "Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do," he opined. A little later, environmental scientists ruefully confirmed he was partially right. In hot weather, trees release volatile organic hydrocarbons including terpenes and isoprenes - two molecules linked to photochemical smog. In very hot weather, the production of these begins to accelerate.

America's Great Smoky Mountains are supposed to take their name from the photochemical smog released by millions of hectares of hardwoods.

This week Natural Environment Research Council scientists warned that as summer temperatures rise in the UK, the isoprene output from trees could make a small but noticeable contribution to human discomfort. Isoprene serves as a catalyst, driving the rate at which sunlight breaks down oxides of nitrogen - mostly from agriculture and cars - to produce atmospheric ozone.

Ozone is a triple molecule of oxygen. High in the stratosphere it is a godsend, screening out cancer-causing ultraviolet radiation. But in the lower atmosphere it is a toxin: it causes stinging eyes, prickling nostrils and aggravates severe respiratory problems. Statisticians calculate that in August 2003 - the long hot summer that caused an estimated 20,000 deaths in western Europe - more than 500 British deaths could be attributed to ozone pollution.

Photochemical smog?
Dude, have you ever BEEN to the Smokies?

Several times...


That is quoting environmentalists. Frankly, I think they are all full of it. The whole environmentalist movement is based on skewed data to produce propoganda designed to fleece America's wealth.

Every theory they have postulated gets proven false when ALL data is considered....and then they simply change their theory to suit the weather. Do any of you remember the 70s when they were warning of the great ice age coming by the turn of the century?

People who are "followers" and not thinkers swallow it without analysis

As my ecologically challenged boss at UPS said, not long before firing me: "Tree? Just phuckin' weeds. Cut 'em all down I say!"

For the record, I've been fired by better!

Talbot