Talk:National Christmas Tree (United States)

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Territories in the lead
The lead has been changed twice (at least) to spell out that there are 56 smaller trees around the National Christmas Tree, and to list just how many represent D.C. and unincorporated territories of the U.S. Editors keep adding the word "inhabited", even though no American unincorporated territory is un-inhabited, and no citation distinguishes between inhabited and uninhabited. Furthermore, listing just how many trees represent this or that is information which is far too specific for the lead; the lead is about general information, not about ultra-specific information such as how many unincorporated territories there are and whether each has a small tree or not. That's for the main text to discuss. - Tim1965 (talk) 17:18, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

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Carbon footprint?
It would be great to know an accurate carbon footprint of the National Christmas Tree, in particular, to help keep Christmas-lovers mindful of our tree consumption and its impact. Maybe someone somewhere has made an estimate of its impact that could be included. I've searched superficially & it seems like a good topic for a Wikipedia crowdsource effort, IMHO. Questions! What is the marginal impact on logging in that Maryland forest (what would the tree have gone to otherwise)? What does the government do with it after it's taken down?

These questions are trivial in the light of this page "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_tree#Environmental_issues" but to know the facts would be great for promoting clean energy use. The material there seems to indicate that a PVC tree might be better (providing the PVC would be recycled or, better, the tree could be reused next year!) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thinkadoodle (talk • contribs) 17:20, 14 November 2021 (UTC)