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From: al@gtx.com (Alan Filipski)
Newsgroups: sci.bio,soc.misc,misc.misc
Subject: Re: Rain Forest Destruction
Message-ID: <1522@gtx.com>
Date: 6 Jun 91 21:53:46 GMT
References: <1991Jun1.213133.2781@colorado.edu> <1991Jun03.221120.28743@anomaly.sbs.com>
Reply-To: al@gtx.UUCP (Alan Filipski)
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In article <1991Jun03.221120.28743@anomaly.sbs.com> mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) writes:
-william@alumni.colorado.edu (William Hughes) writes:
 
--because the rain forests contain more than 50% of
--the world's animal species. Did you know that the rain forest
--loses one species per day?
-Ever hear of Darwin?

What's the point?  That all evolution is in our best interest?  That we should
destroy species simply because species have become extinct in the past?
Absurd.

--Furthermore, the rain forest
--provides clean air to help clean up our already polluted
--atmosphere. This is also a major problem, because the rain
--forest helps control the world's climate.
-No, the rain forest provides only a portion of this control. The earth's
-oceans provide far more. So, if you're really interested in saving the
-earth, work to stop ocean dumping instead.

The effect of the oceans on climate has to do with thermal mass and
circulation.  What does dumping have to do with that?

--     This problem is being caused by multilateral development 
--banks (MDB's) who loan 22 billion dollars to third world
--development every year.  Other companies which exacerbate the
--situation are private bank such as Citicorp, Wells Fargo, and
--the Bank of America who loan over 3 times what the MDB's loan.
--Coca-cola is also part of the problem.
-Oh, yes, let's not forget to throw in that "evil, huge, uncaring multinational
-corporation" claim too...

Only if it's true.

 
--Besides the land turns to desert after 1 - 10 years.i
-Yeah, the deserts in the northeast are one prime example of how all this
-buildup really hurts the earth.
 
Northeast of what?



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