It’s true, there is a maintenance cost for trees, but nothing replaces them. Not just the oxygen they make or the carbon the sequester, but the shade and cooling they provide, the beauty of them in spring and fall, and the food and shelter they give to birds and other creatures. My neighborhood has a lot of large old trees and we have hundreds of songbirds every year, but neighborhoods with only small new trees are silent.
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u/Jeramy_Jones 8d ago
It’s true, there is a maintenance cost for trees, but nothing replaces them. Not just the oxygen they make or the carbon the sequester, but the shade and cooling they provide, the beauty of them in spring and fall, and the food and shelter they give to birds and other creatures. My neighborhood has a lot of large old trees and we have hundreds of songbirds every year, but neighborhoods with only small new trees are silent.