THE LORAX BUT EVERY TIME IT SAYS TREE IT GETS FASTER TV
Dark Reprise: The TV special has a whole bunch of these as everyone leaves the land.
However, there is still a glimmer of hope in the form of the last Truffula tree seed and the implication that the trees and the Lorax will return. Its content discusses the effects of using up natural resources, such as trees, and not being able to replace them.
However, the line is kept in the 1972 TV version (it is spoken by one of the Humming Fish), even in the VHS and DVD releases. Bowdlerise: The Lorax's line "I hear things are just as bad up in Lake Erie" was removed from the book in 1985 after two research associates from the Ohio Sea Grant Program wrote to Seuss about the clean-up of Lake Erie.Lorax: "I see your point, but I wouldn't know the answer." Both Sides Have a Point: In the Animated Adaptation, the Once-ler justifies his actions twice: the first time he notes that somebody else would have done it, and the second time he notes that if he closed the factory, then many people would be out of jobs.Although it's mentioned in the animated version that truffulas take decades to grow to maturity so replanting wouldn't ease the habitat destruction problem fast enough to matter (a Real Life limitation of the practice, especially for hardwoods).
A possible answer to this is that the Once-ler could've repurposed his factories for something more useful to society, and not so destructive, setting an example for future generations to follow, or to replant truffula trees to replace what they cut, like the real logging industry does nowadays.The situation of the story is portrayed less so in the Animated Adaptation - at one point, the Once-ler argues with himself about what he is doing, ultimately justifying his actions by claiming that if he didn't do it, someone else would, and points out that shutting down his factory would cause all of his workers to lose their jobs the Lorax admits that he has a point, and also that he himself wouldn't know the answer. Black-and-White Morality: Played straight in the original story, with the Lorax being white and the Once-ler and his family being black.He was later shocked to see them being cut down and ran back to his hotel to start sketching out ideas on a notepad, with the Lorax being his Author Avatar. While on vacation in Africa, Seuss was charmed by some strange trees that he, being Dr Seuss, decided to call "Truffula trees".