I read the article “Surprising
Pollution Problem: Too Many Trees” by Jamie Workman. The article was about how
trees are actually increasing the amount of pollution given off by the earth.
Today, our Western forests are loaded with billions of trees. It might not
sound bad to have too many trees but it is. This is bad because there are
constant forest fires in these forests. The trees'
canopies collectively intercept about 20 percent of snow and rain that will no
longer be able to seep into the ground. Also, each additional tree sucks up
about 18 gallons of moisture that would otherwise feed thirsty creeks. And,
when the inevitable forest fires rage through over-forested lands, they burn
hotter and faster, and are deadlier and costlier than other fires, thanks to
all that extra fuel. They also spew huge amounts of carbon and asthma-inducing
particulate matter into the air — a big fire is like setting a coal-fired power
plant in the middle of a forest.
However, there is a way to fix this problem. We need to
surgically remove the bulk of the excess, small-diameter 'trash' trees through
careful thinning. Western markets value an acre-foot of water at $450 to $650,
which means that the annual worth of water taken up by excess trees throughout
the Western forests may be more than $8.5 billion. To recover that water,
private and local public entities could invest $1,000 per acre in people to cut
down small trees, earning $1,500 worth of vital water per acre. This
scenario would pay for itself, raise revenues, and boost jobs.
Although this article was very interesting, there were
some flaws to it. The author could have included how long this project would
have taken to be completed. The author could have also included the opinions on
this idea. Whether or not people believe this is a good idea? Overall, Jamie
Workman did a great job in her article “Surprising Pollution Problem: Too Many
Trees.”
My classmate Ralph wrote a great review on the article “Surprising Pollution Problem: Too Many Trees.” He did a great job writing this review, and I was extremely impressed. While reading this review there were a couple of things that really stood out me, and that I liked. First off I thought Ralph did a great job condensing his summary, making it easier to understand. I also like how Ralph voiced his own opinion about the actual article; it showed how closely he read the article. I also liked the statistics that he provided, this made everything easier to see, and comprehend. There were two things in particular I thought that Ralph could have done to make this review better. First off, I thought that Ralph could have provided a more in-depth summary, he did write a solid summary, and I just thought there could have been some more info. Finally I thought that Ralph should have included his own opinion on the situation, and the topic, I would have had liked to have heard what he thought about it. The one thing that I found interesting was how trees were causing pollutions, and that we needed to cut some down. Most of the time people are always complaining that we are wasting trees, and need to preserve them.
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ReplyDeleteMy classmate Ralph wrote a great review on “Surprising Pollution Problem: Too Many Trees.” A few things that stood out to me while reading this review were, I thought Ralph did a nice job making his summary short but interesting. I also liked how Ralph gave his own voice and opinion the article. I also like the statistics he provided it added great detail to the article.
Two things that Ralph could have done better was maybe writing a little more for the summary, although it was great, it could have been better. Another thing Ralph could have done better was including his opinion in the situation and topic, although he provided his opinion some places in the article, if he had just provided it a little more it would have been better.
Overall I think Ralph did a great job, one thing I found interesting was that trees actually cause pollution, we normally look at trees at something we need to preserve but some of them need to be cut down.
I read my classmate Ralph’s review on the article “Surprising Pollution Problem: Too Many Trees.” He did a great job writing this review and a few things stood out to me. I noticed that Ralph did a nice job because he gave his own voice and opinion on the article topic. This gave his writing a unique perspective. I thought he also did a great job condensing his summary, only including information. This made it easier to understand what he was writing about. In additions, he included key data into his writing giving the reader more information.
ReplyDeleteEven though Ralph wrote a great piece, there were a couple of aspects of his writing that could be changed. On thing he could improve on is he did not include any quotes. Quotes allow the reader to have a better understand of the article topic. Another improvement he could make is including more information in his summaries they were a little short.
One aspect that I found interesting was that I never heard that we had too many trees that were causing pollution and we need to cut some down in certain locations.
I read a review of article “Surprising Pollution Problem: Too Many Trees”, written by my classmate Ralph. It’s a very interesting topic with a very attractive title, since the idea of preserving trees has been connected to environment protection in most of our brains. Besides the interesting topic, Ralph did a great job on reviewing it. First, he did a good job on condense the article to the main idea of it. The original article provides a lot of information on the policies that’s related to this issue, which is an extension around the center of the issue. It’s a very good idea to focus on the causes of the problems and shorten other extra information. Ralph also put some statistics in the review to give the readers an idea of how big the problem is. For example, he points out that, “Western markets value an acre-foot of water at $450 to $650, which means that the annual worth of water taken up by excess trees throughout the Western forests may be more than $8.5 billion.” Ralph also organized the review well by putting all the causes of the problem in first paragraph and the ways to solve the problem in the second one.
ReplyDeleteAlthough Ralph did an excellent job, there’s few things could be changed to make it even better. First, he could include some quotes from the article. For example, when the looking for a way to solve the problem, she says,” How to reverse a century's accumulation of thirsty, deadly, ecologically polluting fuel? Doing nothing is too costly, and waiting for a 16-million-acre tinderbox to ignite is too wasteful and dangerous. Happily, there's a third way…” Asking questions and answering them later in the article is a really good way to grab attention from readers. Ralph could also include his own opinion on how the plan is and whether he thinks the plan would work well or not.
Overall, I think it’s a very well-written review, and it extended my view on the protecting of trees. It surprised me that comparing the advantages and disadvantages these trees bring, the second one is so obviously greater.