Dear Hasbeen,

You wrote;

"Some of them admit privately that they really can't clear trees far enough back from main lines without suffering greenie howls"

No they don't and you yet again are full of it.

Steele,

The roads of NSW, particularly on the Coastal Range highways are bordered by many dangerous trees, it is because of Green influence that these trees cannot be removed as in the past, and so they are left as potential death traps for motorists.

I used to think Steely did have some idea, but was just a mean mouthed lefty.

Now he has shown is an articulate twit, who would not know which way was up even if sitting on the bottom of a pool, watching the bubbles rise.

Dear Is Mise,

I thought the topic was about trees causing blackouts now you are claiming it is because they are too close the road.

Would it be too much to ask you lot to make up your minds or are trees just bad?

Dear Hasbeen,

There are protocols around the removal of vegetation around power lines. You have not provided one instance of them being relaxed and putting others at risk.

Next you blame your blackout on trees. Why don't we try this for a lark. You tell me the approximate area you live in and I will formally write to Energex and see what the cause of your outage really was.

As to being "mean mouthed" as much as I try this is one area I just can't hold a candle to you. I think you take the twit honours as well.

But I will keep trying.

Steele,

The subject is "The Greenies have struck again.",
so all of their idiotic influence on tree removal is relevant.

Did you notice in the news on the Queensland bushfires the proximity of smouldering trees to burnt out houses and sheds?

We got a truck-load of mulch when Essential Energy lopped / cleared trees along powerlines . But it cost us when the follow-up gang cut down poplar trees on my and neighbour's private land . It wasn't Greenies who struck . They did the same in Qld with a bulldozer backed up near the house which swept the fenceline trees into a heap for burning.