I thought so.
Because oak wilt is so prevelant in our state, many neighborhood associations have organized around the issue. Hundreds of meetings are held, most to hear the options available and decide by group effort the best methods to employ. Because I work with alternative to chemical means to address the issue, I'm generally one of the speakers and inevitably I get jobs for treatments. The "green people" mostly, they like the non-toxic approach so I tend to most of the "Muppies" trees.
What I notice more often than not is in spite of the buzz-words and lifestyles and habits of these Avian-drinking all-natural soccer mom trophy wives who tout natural living, most have had breast enhancements, use Round-up weed killer to keep an artificial turf green, lather-on the Deet insect repellent (misquito bites are ugly), and drive not just Volvos, but gas-guzzling Chevy 4wd Suburbans. They have recycling bins for their plastic bottles but get so many mail-order glossy fashion designer catalogs that can't be recycled. They consume more electricity per capita than poorer people because they have R/O water filters, misting fragrance and sleep machines plugged in, exercise equipment like powered treadmills, kitchen appliances like mixers, juicers, gourmet refridgerators and stoves, ceiling fans, and bathroom personal beauty enhancement devices, least to mention a hot-tub bubbling away night and day and a tanning bed in the exercise room. They also like rare exotic food stuffs that are in deminishing supply, Salmon roe, harp seal fur and alligator designer clothing assessories.
Green consumers? More like conspicuous consumption machines and they think that by making hazardous tree removals more difficult for you (cause you're destroying the planet) they are saving the earth. Wonder how many trees were sacrificed to print those L.L. Bean catalogs?
Oh well, at least they are good eye candy for us burley tree dudes. In their best dreams only, have saw will climb.
Glad you got the hazard down,
Reed
