On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:36:47 -0500, P.Fritz wrote:

Hard to defend a statment like this though...
"Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do." -- Ronald Reagan,
1981

Maybe it was taken out of context or some such?

Or just maybe he was on the right track

http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/04/1004/3b.shtml
http://www.chennaionline.com/science...ironment24.asp
http://www.water.az.gov/NewsArchive/trees031703.htm

LOL, perhaps you can show us a study where trees are responsible for
carbon monoxide, benzene, formaldehyde, etc. etc.