The Amazon Rainforest Is Fast Approaching a Point of No Return in Brazil

Post by stanmancan » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 3:33 AM UTC

bamboozled wrote: post #39

stanmancan wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That doesn't change the fact that we have to be able to offer them a better solution other than "you're forever stuck in poverty because we don't want you to use your natural resources while we live a lavish life after destroying all of ours". Don't get me wrong; I do not under any circumstance support what's going on there. But it's also not fair for whole countries to be stuck in poverty because they're slow to the…

I'm not saying they need to be stuck in poverty, I'm saying the Government of Brazil, the UN etc, should stop this from happening because we know of the dire consequences of it. If Brazil requires financial assistance, so be it. They shouldn't be allowed to destroy the Amazon rain forest because stupid people did it back in the gold rush.

At least we’re on the same page because I never said they should be able to.

Post by pxue » Sun, Aug 01, 2021, 10:55 PM UTC

Dumblydorr wrote: post #2

This is so short-sighted and ignorant, it's hard to even read about. Brazilians should cherish their rainforest, legacy of millions of years of evolution, with wondrous biodiversity and an amazing carbon sink the planet desperately needs. Instead, they're chopping and burning this vital carbon store to make room for beef production. This is so short sighted it's painful. We know beef has to be massively ramped down,…

So much finger pointing, always with the "they".

Root cause: too many people and a rapidly expanding middle class.

Fix? Lower population, lower quality of life, or massively accelerate the rising country overall to Norway like social economic level.

I'm open for suggestions.

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