Why do we need to cut down more trees, when there is more than enough paper waiting to be pulped and recycled already?

And what about the good old Earth Closet? Surely that was the most environmentally sound ways of disposing of human waste ever developed?

Why are we not listening to our ancestors? They managed to keep the planet fairly healthy until about 150 years ago.... planned or controlled burning was part of that cycle, some plants grow better on burnt soil (fire weed or rosebay willowherb was the commonest plant in London in the early 1940's....) and it can be beneficial for the soil, plant and animals alike, killing pests and culling the weak and feeble.

I sympathise with those who's houses are threatened by fire, it's something I've never had to deal with, but I have seen, in the last couple of years, an increase in the depth to which our cellar floods (started life as a damp patch when we moved in 5 years ago, now can get as deep as 4-6 inches), so know it's only a matter of time before we have to move all the gas and electricity meters....

LTS