Comments on: Mr. Green http://iamyouasheisme.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/mr-green/ IF YOU'RE NOT PART OF THE SOLUTION, THEN YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM...BUT WHAT IF YOU'RE NOT PART OF THE PROBLEM - THEN WHAT ARE YOU? Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:25:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: lichanos http://iamyouasheisme.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/mr-green/#comment-1397 lichanos Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:25:15 +0000 http://iamyouasheisme.wordpress.com/?p=2009#comment-1397 I don't think it's subjective. I think botanists have clear metrics for this sort of thing. To untrained people, new growth might look like old growth. I don't think farming soybeans would qualify. There used to be an advert run by a big paper company - it said that there was more forest in the USA now (1970s) than 100 years ago. It was true. Of course, it was almost all managed second growth - old growth forest was destroyed by clear cutting. Ever see a photo of the Adirondacks c. 1900? I don’t think it’s subjective. I think botanists have clear metrics for this sort of thing. To untrained people, new growth might look like old growth. I don’t think farming soybeans would qualify.

There used to be an advert run by a big paper company – it said that there was more forest in the USA now (1970s) than 100 years ago. It was true. Of course, it was almost all managed second growth – old growth forest was destroyed by clear cutting. Ever see a photo of the Adirondacks c. 1900?

]]> By: troutsky http://iamyouasheisme.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/mr-green/#comment-1396 troutsky Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:34:15 +0000 http://iamyouasheisme.wordpress.com/?p=2009#comment-1396 That calculation of "new growth" to cutting is incredibly subjective, I would love to see criteria. Could planting soybeans be "new growth"? That calculation of “new growth” to cutting is incredibly subjective, I would love to see criteria. Could planting soybeans be “new growth”?

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