I'll say the same thing again, until the point sinks in...

Jeff Rigby wrote:
Pine trees outgas more hydrocarbons than cars do although they are simple
chains and don't contain lead, sulfur or mercury.

Yep.

That's why hundreds of years ago, before we had automobiles & smokestack
factories & fossil fueled power plants that clean up the atmosphere,
planet Earth was so polluted from all the trees that it could barely
support life.

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
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I'll say the same thing again, until the point sinks in...

Jeff Rigby wrote:
Pine trees outgas more hydrocarbons than cars do although they are
simple
chains and don't contain lead, sulfur or mercury.

Yep.

That's why hundreds of years ago, before we had automobiles & smokestack
factories & fossil fueled power plants that clean up the atmosphere,
planet Earth was so polluted from all the trees that it could barely
support life.

DSK
That's why the Great smoky mountains were called smoky by the Indians 200+
years ago.

... hundreds of years ago, before we had automobiles & smokestack
factories & fossil fueled power plants that clean up the atmosphere,
planet Earth was so polluted from all the trees that it could barely
support life.



Jeff Rigby wrote:
That's why the Great smoky mountains were called smoky by the Indians 200+
years ago.


Note the difference between "smoke" and "fog."

It's not quite as difficult as the difference between "diplomacy" and
"coercion."

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
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... hundreds of years ago, before we had automobiles & smokestack
factories & fossil fueled power plants that clean up the atmosphere,
planet Earth was so polluted from all the trees that it could barely
support life.



Jeff Rigby wrote:
That's why the Great smoky mountains were called smoky by the Indians
200+
years ago.


Note the difference between "smoke" and "fog."

It's not quite as difficult as the difference between "diplomacy" and
"coercion."

DSK

No, I'm told by a Forest ranger that it was smoke. Certain times of the
year you do get fog but there were fires that slowly burned (natural,
promoted by the pine trees for their germination) that caused SMOKE for
months. It's a combination of wind currents that keep the smoke in that
area (trapped).

Note the difference between "smoke" and "fog."

It's not quite as difficult as the difference between "diplomacy" and
"coercion."



Jeff Rigby wrote:
No, I'm told by a Forest ranger that it was smoke.

Dang, he must be the oldest living forest ranger... 200 years?!? He must
be building up a heck of a retirement...

... Certain times of the
year you do get fog

yep, about 11 1/2 months

... but there were fires that slowly burned (natural,
promoted by the pine trees for their germination) that caused SMOKE for
months. It's a combination of wind currents that keep the smoke in that
area (trapped).


Of course, that must be it... lots and lots of slow burning fires...
that happens far more often than simple common clouds intercepted by the
mountain slopes...

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
. ..
Note the difference between "smoke" and "fog."

It's not quite as difficult as the difference between "diplomacy" and
"coercion."



Jeff Rigby wrote:
No, I'm told by a Forest ranger that it was smoke.

Dang, he must be the oldest living forest ranger... 200 years?!? He must
be building up a heck of a retirement...

... Certain times of the
year you do get fog

yep, about 11 1/2 months

... but there were fires that slowly burned (natural,
promoted by the pine trees for their germination) that caused SMOKE for
months. It's a combination of wind currents that keep the smoke in that
area (trapped).


Of course, that must be it... lots and lots of slow burning fires...
that happens far more often than simple common clouds intercepted by the
mountain slopes...

DSK
Gesh, Great Smoky Mountains not foggy mountains, or is it always assumed
that descriptions are not literal. Lightning created fires are very common
and once started burn for months until an external event like rain puts them
out and even then if it's not a large enough downpoor it can start up again.
It's so common that the trees have incorporated the event into it's
reproductive cycle and some can't germinate without a fire. To incorporate
something like that into your reproductive cycle takes 100K plus years of
CONSISTENT FIRE.

Of course, that must be it... lots and lots of slow burning fires...
that happens far more often than simple common clouds intercepted by the
mountain slopes...



Jeff Rigby wrote:
Gesh, Great Smoky Mountains not foggy mountains, or is it always assumed
that descriptions are not literal.

Is it always assumed that they are?


It's so common that the trees have incorporated the event into it's
reproductive cycle and some can't germinate without a fire. To incorporate
something like that into your reproductive cycle takes 100K plus years of
CONSISTENT FIRE.


1- that still doesn't mean that "smoke" can't possibly refer to clouds
(fog) which are still a far more common occurence than fire

2- if you go around assuming that evolution is a scientific fact, then
you will really PO the Bush/Cheney cheerleaders and they'll kick you out
of the club.

DSK