April 10th, 2013
The tree worker guys were pruning/trimming the dead portions
at the end of the branches on the tree outside one of the gates to the complex
today. I have been watching the deadness
of that tree slowly spreading from the end of the branches inward towards the
trunk of the tree for a couple of few years now. After trimming the deadness off the tree,
which I believe is a Australian willow tree, there is not much left of it.
I’m concerned that the tree may never grow back and the death is
merely spreading inward. Because there
are remaining branches that were not pruned with leaves that look to be dying as did the other
branches before they went bare. I’m more
concerned that I see the same death pattern on many types of trees throughout
the nation. And I’m even more concerned
that so few seem to be noticing the dying trees and the governments and the
media sources have said nothing about the matter either. Ultimately disconcerting as well is that when
the death pattern spreading throughout the trees becomes more noticeable, the
local governments apparently pay someone to come and trim the tree back and the
death apparently spreading through the tree is removed as it to keep it from
our view. And what kind of sends me over the top is that I fear that my previously blogged hypothesis could actually becoming to fruition (see the link below about the burning of ethanol fuels and trees).
But, maybe I don’t give the local governments enough credit
though and they are merely expending the capital to prune the trees to make the
sidewalk safer – in spite of the current trends of cities to be short on
revenues, or so we are told. And, maybe
it was merely a parasite attacking the tree or something, as the maples on
either side of this tree appear healthy and fine - but I have never seen any signs of any parasites on this tree before.
But again, given my previously stated hypothesis in the matter (see link below), the
continuation of dying trees with such a similar pattern of distress displayed
in the trees beforehand and with no word from any official sources on the issue
have again fueled my grave concerns regarding the trees and the possible
influence of the burning of ethanol/alcohol based fuels.
I would take another photo of the likely dying tree for the
sake of argument and posterity, as I have many a photo of trees dying in apparently
the same fashion from around the nation.
However, I find the whole matter to be overly depressing and even
sickening, especially if my hypothesis and fears were even slightly on target
in the matter. And I dont want to see another photo of it all.
AVT
See:
Burning Ethanol Fuels Killing Trees?
Why are the Pine Trees Dying?
