It's a huge threat. ... If you do nothing, you're going to lose most or all of the hemlock trees.

There was nothing to react to except wind and trees [in Cast Away]. It was like making a silent movie.

Were such things here as we do speak about?
Or have we eaten on the insane root
That takes the reason prisoner?

If you have nothing to lose, you can try everything

They had nothing to lose,

It's one thing to lose the year's crop. It's another to lose the trees, which can have an impact of many years.