A tree is cut, and made into thousands of matches.

Every second, millions of people light a match ... a little piece of wood is burned and not considered.

A tree was burned in a second without even a thought.

The Facts:

		Every year the world consumes six trillion (6,000,000,000,000) matches ...
			- that is, every second the world consumes 190,000 matches.
		One tree of the highest quality timber is required for about 1,000,000 matches ...
			- that is, every 5 seconds one highest quality tree is burned as matches.
		A single match machine makes 250,000,000 matches per day ...
			- that is, 250 of the highest quality trees are destroyed daily by a single match machine.
		For each tree cut down for matches, only two new trees are planted at most ...
			- that is, if a newly planted little tree survives, it will need 30-50 and more years to grow...
Use a lighter whenever possible...
Miroslav B. Bonchev April 2006 London, England