tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975820119835559954.post67823718287570158..comments2008-04-08T08:29:54.699-07:00seeking echohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07751362728185120933seekingecho@gmail.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975820119835559954.post-22660358373127058672008-04-08T08:29:00.000-07:002008-04-08T08:29:00.000-07:00One webpage says, though it seems excessive, that:<BR/><BR/>"According to the research data on the shipbuilding history [First, Patochka, 1977], it took from 2 to 4 thousand oak trees construction of a ship of different size and amount of oars. As about 100 - 800 trees grow on 1 ha territory we may conclude that 25 to 40 ha of forest was felled down for construction of a single warship (32 ha on an average)."<BR/><BR/>( http://www.transoxiana.org/Eran/Articles/bondyrev.html )<BR/><BR/>it must have been catastrophic!seeking echohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07751362728185120933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975820119835559954.post-70236739734828913872008-04-07T13:26:00.000-07:002008-04-07T13:26:00.000-07:00The destruction of forests would have signalled the demise of a society or civlisation in ancient times.<BR/><BR/>Apparently the destruction of forests contributed to the end of the Roman Empire. And the destruction of the forest brings about the colapse of a society in The Epic of Gilgamesh.<BR/><BR/>See "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight" by Thom Hartman<BR/><BR/>We seem to be living at a time where our major fuel supply is running out.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14343643387576533616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975820119835559954.post-13933737160967459822008-03-28T14:33:00.000-07:002008-03-28T14:33:00.000-07:00Yes- think of those red cedars floated from Tyre to build Solomons Temple. What an inspiring sight that must have been.michaelnoreply@blogger.com