The second philosophy of tree spiking is to place the spikes in the trees well above the area where the fellers will operate — as many feet up the trunk as one can conveniently work. The object of the spiking in this case is to destroy the blades in the sawmill. Since in large mills the blades are either operated from a control booth some distance from the actual cutting, or are protected by a Plexiglas shield, this method is unlikely to cause anyone physical injury even should a blade shatter upon striking a spike, which is unlikely.
And we know too many loggers who have been badly injured because people don’t follow your second philosophy, they just decide that saving a tree is worth killing someone.
Damn. It’s one of those tough things where we definitely need to protect the trees, we also need loggers to cut them down.
Honestly while this method of tree spiking probably works on large scale to halt or slow production. It makes me think population control and education about safe sex practices would be the better solution
I got logger family. If you want to protest logging, there are ways to do it that doesn’t kill loggers. Spiking can kill loggers.
And we know too many loggers who have been badly injured because people don’t follow your second philosophy, they just decide that saving a tree is worth killing someone.
Damn that sucks :< Ecodefense is supposed to save lives not take them.
Right?
Damn. It’s one of those tough things where we definitely need to protect the trees, we also need loggers to cut them down.
Honestly while this method of tree spiking probably works on large scale to halt or slow production. It makes me think population control and education about safe sex practices would be the better solution
The source of ecological exploitation is not too many people but wastefulness and the over-consumption by the few.