That's why Roy mentioned his tree being sustainable-which means they can continue to be grown and cut down over a longer period so it's less harmful to the environment.
It was a very tall tree, and the trunk was so smooth that no one could climb it; but the Woodman said at once, " I'll chop it down, and then we can get the Scarecrow's clothes."
Running over someone in your car on accident, while horrific, is something different than taking aim and mowing someone down because you have it out for them.
Now this is from a quote that's attributed to Abraham Lincoln, where he famously said that if you gave me six hours to chop down a tree, I would spend the first four sharpening the axe.
But that's not the end of man kinds, nearly limitless desire for more resources, all over the world in the next 24 hours, somewhere between 9 and 10 Million trees will be cut down, and most will eventually be harvested.
He reluctantly felled it and, for comparison, collected a tree of similar age that was growing 400 metres from the eruption site, and another that was 16km away.