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 cryrst  The garden of England 02 Jan 20 8.12pm |
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Originally posted by ex hibitionist
maybe everyone should bring a tree with them? Most do.
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| the.universal 02 Jan 20 8.37pm |
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Not everything needs to be related back to immigration
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Tom-the-eagle  Croydon 02 Jan 20 8.42pm |
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Originally posted by the.universal
Not everything needs to be related back to immigration Spot on. However the loss of trees/countryside for building of new homes absolutely is. The bigger the population, the more buildings required. The more building, the less trees. Simple logistics.
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| ex hibitionist Hastings 02 Jan 20 8.55pm |
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why you never see hippos hiding in trees?
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| Bobtail Crowborough 02 Jan 20 9.15pm |
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Most of the south of England was once all woodland or 'weald'. Even then, timber was expensive, and demand high. (Many buildings including churches used reclaimed timber from decommissioned ships in their construction). This is why faster growing inferior species were grown to meet demand. So all the best trees were lost long ago, something we can't really blame on recent immigration. However, perhaps if we hadn't built all those ships, Britain would not have been 'Great' and no-one would have wanted to come here.
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| Mapletree Croydon 02 Jan 20 9.39pm |
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Originally posted by Tom-the-eagle
Spot on. However the loss of trees/countryside for building of new homes absolutely is. The bigger the population, the more buildings required. The more building, the less trees. Simple logistics. For goodness sake. Every bloomin thread. No doubt it's the Muslims who chop down the most trees eh. Not true! Also not true that we lost most of the trees to build the fleet. We did lose some excellent specimens though Deforestation happened around 3,000 years ago. Then we lost lots of what we still had during WW1. There is loads of space to plant trees. Just haven't had the will and funding to do so. New builds make squat difference.
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Teddy Eagle  02 Jan 20 9.46pm |
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Apparently 80% used in construction is imported.
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| Tim Gypsy Hill '64 Stoke sub normal 02 Jan 20 9.54pm |
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I'm led to believe that the tree coverage of the UK has increased from 5% to 10% in the last 100 years. I can't find a reputable link for those figures though.
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| Tim Gypsy Hill '64 Stoke sub normal 02 Jan 20 9.58pm |
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Indeed, and mostly from Canada and USA. Oak generally comes from France as Napoleon planted forests of it back in the day for shipbuilding, although some oak comes from other sources.
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| Tom-the-eagle Croydon 02 Jan 20 9.58pm |
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Originally posted by Mapletree
For goodness sake. Every bloomin thread. No doubt it's the Muslims who chop down the most trees eh. Not true! Also not true that we lost most of the trees to build the fleet. We did lose some excellent specimens though Deforestation happened around 3,000 years ago. Then we lost lots of what we still had during WW1. There is loads of space to plant trees. Just haven't had the will and funding to do so. New builds make squat difference.
Your original post pointed out that the UK have a smaller percentage of tree coverage than most other European countries. These other countries also in general have a far lower density of population than ours, far, far lower in some cases. The UK is very heavily populated. Hence little room for trees. Sorry the facts do not fit with your political persuasions.
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 Hrolf The Ganger 02 Jan 20 10.08pm |
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Originally posted by Mapletree
For goodness sake. Every bloomin thread. No doubt it's the Muslims who chop down the most trees eh. Not true! Also not true that we lost most of the trees to build the fleet. We did lose some excellent specimens though Deforestation happened around 3,000 years ago. Then we lost lots of what we still had during WW1. There is loads of space to plant trees. Just haven't had the will and funding to do so. New builds make squat difference. We know you don't like reality Maple but Britain is already the fifth most densely populated country in the world. All our countryside will have to be set for farming, power creation and reservoirs as the population swells.
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| Stirlingsays 02 Jan 20 10.19pm |
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Frigging hell, even the trees are foreigners.
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