Just a note, not only England but also Ireland's forests were destroyed for marine fleets.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 5:56 AM, David G. LeVine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dlevine@speakeasy.net" target="_blank">dlevine@speakeasy.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>On 07/19/2012 06:27 AM, Peter &
Kerry wrote:<br>
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great forests of England were destroyed by the early steel
industry, not people cooking. In fact the need to find a
replacement source of carbon and subsequent development of the
coking industry was what led to the massively expanded coal
industry. If you really want to see what is the real problem in
the world take a look at a night image of the population centres
of the UK & Europe. Not much room between the lights for trees
to grow.
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Another factor was England's marine fleets. The main masts on large
sailing ships literally grew on trees!<br>
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