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Remember the power outages this summer and this winter here in Missouri? It made national news. We, personally, were out for five days each time. AmerenUE our power company has offered to bury power lines both old and new. Which I think we all applaud. Also, a more aggressive inspection program so that problems can be fixed before they are a true problem. But they also want 15 million dollars to take down trees, not in their right of way, but on private land. Trees they deem may become a problem. Every state in the mid-west and on the east coast has trees, some states have lots more trees than we do, and much worse weather. You don’t hear the power company in Minnesota, or Maine, asking to tear down trees on private land. If Minnesota and Maine can keep their power up and running without violating property rights, then why can’t Missouri? Also, doesn’t anyone remember that trees make oxygen. We complain about the rain forest in South America being torn down and the negative effect it’s having on the environment, but every tree that goes down here, in our country, is a loss, too. Every tree is part of the filter system of our planet. Every tree helps clean our air, and make more breathable air for us. We do a lot of finger pointing at other countries, but how many wooded lots have vanished in your neighborhood in the last ten years, five years, six months?
Trees make oxygen. Trees clean the oxygen we already have. They are part of the filter system for our planet. Can we really afford to keep loosing them?
There, a case for trees, that should mean something to us all. I didn’t talk about bird habitat, or other wildlife. I didn’t even mention that trees just make the world more beautiful. They help make the air you are breathing right this second. Save a tree, help make sure our grandchildren have enough clean air to breath.