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Why did Ronald Reagan repeatedly claim that trees cause pollution?
We all acknowledge he was no Einstein, but his lack of intellectual exceptionalism can only explain so much.
For the guy asking for a source, just google "reagan trees cause pollution" This has been a topic of discussion since Reagan made the claim in the late 1970s. No reliable source disputes the fact that he made the claim. Even right wing sources acknowledge that he made this claim.
Check out Bob S's links. They both (believe it or not) try to back up Reagan's claim that trees cause pollution. They certainly don't try to prove that he never made the claim.
Ryunkin_ I'm not running for office. If I were I certainly wouldn't be trying to win votes on Y/A.
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- GunnyLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
OH-Ronnie you crazy goose...there are so many crazy ron stories...the legend of his laying a wreath in berlin on the mass grave of the ss believing it to be the unknown soldiers grave (my personal favorite)..his claim that trees were polluters is not surprising to me...he was palin before palin was cool....glad he is gone he was the root of today's crisis...he was gunny sack nuts imho
Source(s): GOPedia - 5 years ago
I don't remember if he said something like that or not, but I have heard Republicans claim that trees pollute. Of course, Reagan like to take horse rides on his ranch, which is free of automobiles. I wonder why he does not ride his horse on the streets of Los Angeles instead. Is it because he likes the air better at his ranch than in Los Angeles?
- joseph bLv 61 decade ago
Research at the University of California at Berkeley, meanwhile, suggests that pollution from oak trees is destroying the pine forests of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. They have found that the oaks are producing between 40 per cent and 70 per cent of the ozone that is damaging and killing Jeffrey and ponderosa pines that are the dominant species.....
Maybe he wasn't soo stupid after all?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I'm no Ronald Reagan fan, I think he was a twisted ideologue, but make no mistake, he wasn't stupid and if ever really did say that, he had millions of Americans believing it. Apparently intellectual snobs like you have no clue why you have such a damned hard time getting your geniuses elected. The world is not filled with intellectually exceptional voters, or haven't you noticed?
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
Well Gore says co2 is the problem Trees produce it during the night hours
- Anonymous1 decade ago
To be fair, Al Gore considers our breathing--and something that plants need to thrive--to be "pollution."
Source(s): CO2 - JozephLv 41 decade ago
The most ridiculous question of the day....and typical...no links, facts, or otherwise to prove your rant.
- Bob SLv 61 decade ago
I have studied Reagan. Do you have a reference?
I have a few for you.
I'll post them as I am able.
