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random_encounters42 t1_jbrf1nh wrote

Trees… they store carbon and produce oxygen in return, which we literally need to live, just saying.

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KingoftheMongoose t1_jbsry41 wrote

There is unrest in the forest […]

For they passed a noble law

And the trees are all kept equal

By hatchet, axe, and saw

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edonnelly1988 t1_jbsypda wrote

Doesn't that exchange occur in the leaves?

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random_encounters42 t1_jbwng8b wrote

Yes it does, but carbon is largely stored in “the tree”. Also you can really have the leaves without the rest of the plant right?

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