Comments on: Andy Rooney: Conserve Our Resources

Andy Rooney Comments On The Changing Environment And Admits He's Part Of The Problem

[oregontom]

OK all you so called conservationists.....name me three items we use in our daily lives that are renewable, recyclable, and biodegradable (food and water do not count.).......how about wool, cotton and wood. So tell me again why are we not using our timber resources, replanting, and leaving new timber for our children? And Andy says using timber is not a good thing----he really blew it on this one.

[rodgert-2009]

Who The Hell Is Andy Rooney?

[zebulum2]

andy oll man good show the pin head americans dont know the tongas are so over growen thay will burn dowen when god decides thay go up in flames as all wood lands do and oil we pump less and less as time gos by the north slop runs dry and drivers in da usa thay dont slow down thay arint to smart we need more like you whom can tell the truth on them selves heck any one withe just a littl musterd seed brain can see usa is done like all the rest of the nations god takes what he wants he owens all of every thing gun controll ya try tell a cuntry of nothin but good old boeeys that thay cant have new gun toys on daer birthe day well andy i like and ill tell you da truthe hadies has no fuery like da judgement of the king jesus and not main stream goin to church the govermint lets them think day no realy not the truthe ther god is givin in the fragmints thay have been alwed to buy in the way thay have spent ther money most can never know all the worlds are his and all ther in belong to him we are not alone among the strars ther are outhers but we as i say inhumans have never evolved so we are shun by outhers i never bought the lie so i dont need all that the world has to offer as ever wake up you panze men it aint old glory hoosiers or any taliban its a global maket and one world but o thay pissed it away allready andy you know that so hats of to you old man good show as ever emortalmutaint aka zebulum 1 aka zebulum 2 homelees american i keep my pets gave up mcdonelds and plastic tvs o no i love my cuntry just hate the whipy men in it

[cbsphil]

I think that when Andy says we are cutting trees faster than we are growing them, he is referring to humanity and to the earth as a whole, not to the United States. Some people need to adjust their concept of "we".
Either way, a bunch of planted trees is not the same as a forest. Ecologically, a tree farm is a ghost town. And the many animals that lose their homes and and forced out of existence when a forest is mowed down dont magically reappear when some corporation plants a bunch of trees.

[Cybscribe]

Andy, Thanks for your comments on the need for restorability...a direction we should take sooner rather than later, lest we lead ourselves to an eventual "doom". In support of your commentary, perhaps you and viewers might like to review the ideas and outlook of Mr. Storm Cunningham, discoverer of the restoration economy, author of the book by the same title. He is the Founder of the Revitalization Institute at, http://revitalization.org/ and you can review his outlook at, http://www.restorica.org/

[papillonpraiser96]

Dear Mr. Rooney,.
Ive been watching your show for over 20 years. This evening was the first time i was dissappointed in your journalism. Please refer to the National Hardwood Lumbermans Association for U.S. Forest Regeneration. You will find that our timber is growing at a rate of at least 1.5 times our harvest.
Jerry Koetter from Indiana

[jpomeranz52]

Andy says, "If running out of oil doesn't scare you, maybe an iceberg the size of Connecticut floating away from Antarctica and hitting the United States will get your attention." YES, that would scare the hell out of me. Imagine an iceberg of any size floating away from Antarctica and past South America on either side, through the tropics both north and south of the equator and then hitting the United States. Not possible much less probable no matter how much global warming occurs, Andy. Maybe you need a refresher course in geography.

[Cady_man]

Andy Looney strikes again trying to put fear in all Americans about an iceberg hitting the USA and why because grandpa and some other nuts said it might happen. Well my grandpa had a word on this to "Uff da, I heard it all!"

[gfrabon3]

Andy does not have the correct facts. I work for a major paper company and it is well known in the industry that more trees are planted each year than are cut down. Our forests are renewable resources. We currently have more trees in the US than we did when our country was founded.

[lilredsr1079]

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