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PAPER PINE TREES

(I'm feeling awake)

PAPER PINE TREES HANGING FROM A REAR VIEW MIRROR AIN'T GONNA CUT IT!!!

How many sheets of paper can be produced from a single tree?

It is probably hard to get an exact number, but here is how I would start answer to this question: First, we have to define what a "tree" is. Is it a giant redwood tree or a little weeping willow? Most paper is made from pine trees, so I went out in the woods and looked at some pines.

Most are about 1 foot in diameter and 60 feet tall. Ignoring taper, that's about 81,430 cubic inches of wood:

pi * radius2 * length = volume
3.14 * 62 * (60 * 12) = 81,430

I have a 2x4-foot piece of lumber in the backyard. It weighs about 10 pounds and contains 504 cubic inches of wood. That means a pine tree weighs roughly 1,610 pounds (81430/504 * 10).

I know that in manufacturing paper, the wood is turned into pulp. The yield is about 50 percent -- about half of the tree is knots, lignin and other stuff that is no good for paper. So that means a pine tree yields about 805 pounds of paper. I have a ream of paper for a photocopier here and it weighs about 5 pounds and contains 500 sheets (you often see paper described as "20-pound stock" or "24-pound stock" -- that is the weight of 500 sheets of 17" x 22" paper). So, using these measurements, a tree would produce (805/5 * 500) 80,500 sheets of paper.

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THESE ARE ROUGHLY ROUGH ESTIMATES & I WEIGHED THINGS ON A BATHROOM SCALE BUT YOU GET THE GENERAL IDEA!!!

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My favorite little tree air freshner scent are: APPLE & SPEARMINT!
(And i don't even own a car)-

What is yours???

anyways,,, i thinks we ought to SAVE A TREE & RECYCLE PAPER-
start to wipe your ass with your own hand, and not with the expensive printed toilet paper imported from Japan ... DON'T BE AN EXPENSIVE ASS WIPER!!! Wipe your Bum with your little brother, HA! And LOVE TO KNOW GREEN LIVING... It's simple, recycle paper, SAVE A TREE!!! lol

SAVE A TREE TODAY AND WE'LL BREATHE EASIER!!!

“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.”

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