Should I cut down my trees to go ''green''
wifey
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Sunday, 1st of August 2010 02:42:20 PM
Our government wants to give me a monetary incentive (tax rebate) to put up wifey solar panels on my house in Florida.l currently have large oak trees that Registered User shade my house thereby reducing the energy use for air conditioning but Joined: Wednesday, 28th of April 2010, 13:48:01 also preventing me from putting up solar panels.If l go along with the Posts: 891 government plan, l will cut down the oak trees so l can go solar(Cut down Viewed 8313 times the trees to go ''green''?!!!).There are several issues l must deal with
here:
1) Cutting down those beautiful old oaks will make make
the various fauna homeless.
2) Those oaks pull a lot of CO2 from the
air.Wo not l get a net increase of greenhouse gases by cutting down and
burning (or just natural decaying) them?
3) Solar is a BIG dollar
investment that might be wiped out with the next hurricane. (No one makes
120mph wind solar panels)
Why is our government so
short-sighted and simple-minded over this ''global warming'' issue?
Punkin
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Monday, 2nd of August 2010 11:39:18 AM
No you should plant more trees to give fauna more homes and it Punkin more trees mean cleaner air for us Registered User Joined: Wednesday, 2nd of June 2010, 15:09:25 Posts: 122 Viewed 3005 times
Sweetness
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Tuesday, 3rd of August 2010 04:41:12 AM
I am all for solar panels, but I would have to say the benifit Sweetness from the trees may win out. If you cut the trees you will likely use more Registered User electricity to cool your house. I would check into trimming them or Joined: Tuesday, 8th of June 2010, 11:40:06 finding another location to locate the panels. If neither option is Posts: 1004 available I would not get the panels. Viewed 9936 times
Spectacular =]
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Wednesday, 4th of August 2010 07:29:31 PM
Nobody is twisting your arm. Just because they're offering a Spectacular =] tax incentive, that doesn't mean you have to take advantage of it if there Registered User is no net benefit to be gained. A house that gets a lot of sun would Joined: Wednesday, 16th of June 2010, 20:49:06 benefit from using solar energy to run the air conditioning, but if yours Posts: 1585 is more energy-efficient with trees to shade it, leave it the way it is. Viewed 12664 times
Caseydoll
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Thursday, 5th of August 2010 09:30:14 PM
I would find out what type of electricity you are using. If it Caseydoll is from a coal plant then maybe the solar panels are a good idea. If you Registered User have a really big yard you might be able to plant some other type of small Joined: Friday, 30th of April 2010, 04:12:01 trees or large bushes. In the next hurricane the trees might be knocked Posts: 64 down, or the solar panels, or lightning could hit the trees in a rain Viewed 1261 times storm, it is a dilemma you have. I think you need to figure out what is
important to you, (the trees or the solar panels) & then follow ur heart.
Buttonz
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Friday, 6th of August 2010 05:37:27 AM
Keep them. Trees produce oxygen. Life needs oxygen. Buttonz Registered User Joined: Saturday, 8th of May 2010, 09:49:00 Posts: 1025 Viewed 12416 times
Jazzy/Jazzie
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Saturday, 7th of August 2010 11:02:29 PM
Find a happy medium, dont cut the trees down just trim them Jazzy/Jazzie back so the panels can get sun. Registered User Joined: Wednesday, 21st of April 2010, 18:32:31 Posts: 422 Viewed 11061 times
Googey Bear
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Sunday, 8th of August 2010 09:11:04 AM
Keeping the Oak trees & building solar panels are indeed great Googey Bear ways to become earth-friendly.As you say,the oak trees produce carbon Registered User dioxide & also shade for ur home.The Oak trees are indeed a great benefit Joined: Sunday, 13th of June 2010, 05:20:56 for yourself as well as the environment.However,the solar panels built can Posts: 1027 help you to save electricity & as well save the natural resources used for Viewed 2312 times electricity.Both have their own benefits.
You can either choose both if you have enough spaces or either cut down
some old Oak trees & build the solar panel. :)
Monkey
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Monday, 9th of August 2010 05:17:51 AM
no. KEEP THEM. Monkey Registered User Joined: Monday, 3rd of May 2010, 21:11:24 Posts: 716 Viewed 16796 times
princess minnie
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Tuesday, 10th of August 2010 11:57:30 AM
mark in time: princess minnie that has got to be the best question(s) I have seen in the last few months Registered User on . However, do you have a license to use rational thought? It seems to Joined: Thursday, 6th of May 2010, 11:29:36 be such a rare commodity I would expect that you need some sort of permit Posts: 1774 or license to use it publicly. Also I am wondering where you got the idea Viewed 17905 times that plants somehow use sunlight to consume carbon dioxide. Next thing you
know you will be telling us that there is some type of molecule called
''chlorophyll'' or some similar science fiction. Also, the blasphemy of
the idea that burning a tree, or allowing the tree to rot would somehow
liberate carbon dioxide seems to be straight out of some science fiction
novel! Whats next? Are you going to suggest some carbon circle where
carbon goes from CO2,into plant mater powered by solar energy via
chlorophyll, & then the plants are eaten by animals, & the animals &
plants eventually die & after countless years they turn into fossil fuels?
1) Cutting down those beautiful old oaks will make make the various fauna
homeless.
2) Those oaks pull a lot of CO2 from the air. Won't I get a net increase
of greenhouse gases by cutting down & burning (or just natural decaying)
them?
3) Solar is a BIG dollar investment that might be wiped out with the next
hurricane. (No one makes 120mph wind solar panels)
Why is our government so short-sighted & simple-minded over this ''global
warming'' issue?
Our government is so short sighted in simpleminded over global warming for
the simple reason that global warming is a religion, not a real scientific
principles. It wasn't many years ago that Time magazine had a large story
about global cooling & the coming ice age which was being caused by burning
of fossil fuels amongst other things. When I look at the global warming
religion it reminds me of people who make claims to ''free energy'' type
of machines. It is easy to understand that they haven't discovered a free
energy machine, but sometimes it is fun to listen to them just to see where
the breakdown in their thinking has occurred. It is so funny that in ur
case the contradiction is between a solar panel, & an oak tree. It
appears as though the oak tree was superiorly engineered. It gives you
shade, it consumes carbon dioxide, it generates oxygen (regenerates if you
will). The deep roots of a tree like this help to prevent erosion. And as
you correctly observed this tree is more than just a tree it is practically
an entire ecosystem revolving around 1 organism.
Thank you again for an excellent & insightful question. It was a
refreshing change
Love Dove
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Wednesday, 11th of August 2010 10:08:41 PM
Keep the trees and just be as conservative with your energy as Love Dove you can. If at some point a storm takes out the trees, then you can Registered User reconsider the solar panel issue without having to decide whether or not Joined: Saturday, 22nd of May 2010, 08:28:17 to destroy the trees and the consequences of that action. Posts: 1335 Viewed 2292 times
cutie pututie
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Thursday, 12th of August 2010 03:24:10 AM
well how many trees are we talking here? It doesn't sound like cutie pututie a good idea if your area is affected by hurricanes.. Registered User Joined: Wednesday, 28th of April 2010, 05:24:13 Posts: 672 Viewed 15264 times
Sexi
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Friday, 13th of August 2010 11:03:55 AM
Don't cut down the trees. Living in Florida, you will get more Sexi use out of the shade from the trees then you will from solar panels, Registered User which, WILL get sooner or later wiped away. Our government will change Joined: Friday, 14th of May 2010, 21:21:33 very soon, so just wait a few more months until we have a new President Posts: 1683 with a fresh view on things. Viewed 8578 times
lollipop
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Saturday, 14th of August 2010 12:37:48 AM
No. Keep the trees. You'd just be wasting money and the trees lollipop are helping a lot as they are. And the government isn't saying cut down Registered User trees to go green because most people probably don't have huge oaks that Joined: Saturday, 24th of April 2010, 14:23:35 shade the whole house. Posts: 608 Viewed 15549 times
Kissy Boo
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Sunday, 15th of August 2010 12:00:16 AM
Yes Trees are polluters from their respiratory habits Kissy Boo Registered User Joined: Friday, 14th of May 2010, 23:54:51 Posts: 1005 Viewed 7022 times
dark love
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Monday, 16th of August 2010 06:21:19 PM
If you know it is more trouble in the long run then don't do dark love it. Registered User Joined: Friday, 7th of May 2010, 06:11:18 Posts: 822 Viewed 11107 times
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