Frank wrote:
>Can you please give us the source of this?
>How reliable is this source?
The livestock, fruit, and tree height information was
from the book:
Top 10 of everything 1999
by: Russell Ash
Each fact has the source listed along with it. For animals
and vegetables the data came from the United Nations. The
tree heights came from the publication American Forests,
don't know about the fruit.
My bias is that most data dealing with the natural world
can never be called correct. It is an educated guess.
Eric wrote:
>Does "top" mean most tons produced? most dollars spent? most commonly
>eaten? most preferred? . . .
For animals it was the number of animals. For fruit and vegetables
it was tons.
>I heard that there is (and almost went to see) a redwood tree that at 360+
>feet is claimed to be the tallest tree in the world. And in general I
>thought the redwood (Sequoia semprenvirens (sp?) / coastal redwood) was the
>tallest.
True, this tree list changes often. For many years the redwoods were
at the top. Then a big one fell over and now a Douglas Fir is on
top. I heard the fir got hit with lightning so who knows...
Those Douglas Fir trees are a real pain for people who try to do
solar in this area. A tree hundreds of feet from the house can
block the winter sun. In mid winter the sun is fairly low on the
horizon and we have trees casting a half mile shadow.
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Underground house, solar energy, reduced consumption, no TV
