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SPATA, Greece (AP) — In an olive grove on the outskirts of Athens, grower Konstantinos Markou pushes aside the shoots of new growth to reveal the stump of a tree — a roughly 150-year-old specimen, he said, that was among 15 cut down on his neighbor’s land by thieves eager to turn it into money.

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[-] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 102 points 1 year ago

What short sighted idiots. Chopping down a tree to steal the fruit? Our species is its own Great Filter.

[-] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 67 points 1 year ago

The very last line stuck out to me:

Markou, the grower, said of the tree-cutting. “You kill your own history here.”

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[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 10 points 1 year ago

To be fair, olive trees only take 2-3 years to mature, so they're fairly easy to replace.

Just the fact that they'd do that is terrible, though.

[-] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

No, an olive tree may give you an olive at 3 years. One. A hundred year old olive tree gives thousands and thousands. It's really not replaceable.

[-] SARGEx117@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Use whatever wood bits that are left to fashion a few stakes and do what stakes do to the people who cut them down.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Sure. That’s poaching, overfishing, clearcutting, and every other natural resource that is exploited into oblivion or causes environmental destruction for a profit.

[-] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

The way you phrase this like you found me to be arguing in favor of those things confuses me.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I was agreeing with you and expounding on the problem.

[-] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Gotcha. Have a good day.

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