Reply #43: That was a terrible decision they're going to pay for down the road

[Catherina]

The trees are great for producing paper but they're hell on the soil, water, insects, and other plants.

We have them all over in California (deliberately planted) and they're blocking out light for surrounding plants and destroying the soil.

The're ok in marshy areas for draining the soil but planting them all over was a bad idea. Plus they catch fire very easily.

I'm sorry the Thai goverment allowed that because I have a special place in my heart for Thailand.

This here is sad:

In Thailand, farmers call eucalyptus the “selfish tree”, because eucalyptus plantations remove nutrients from the soil and consume so much water that farmers cannot grow rice in neighbouring fields. Mapuche Indigenous People in Chile refer to pine plantations as “planted soldiers”, because they are green, in rows and advancing. In Brazil, tree plantations are called a “green desert”, and in South Africa, “green cancer”.

http://chrislang.org/2004/12/20/genetically-modified-trees-introduction/

I wish they'd outlaw these things immediately. We're arrogant to think we can improve on a design it took nature millions of years to balance and even more arrogant to think we can outdo her.