i have not looked up the tree thing but i have seem forest maps of the US and england and the amount of wooded area was huge as opposed today. logging ect. as for the fires, man makes them worse by stopping small ones, which increases fuel to unnatural levels,which makes the fires worse. i am not arguing your point, it may be one of those odd facts that flies in the face of convention. its just with deforestation in the amazon and Asia it just seems tough. interesting though. |