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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: Sully- who wrote (56392)3/23/2007 10:34:33 AM
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So does Gore ever talk about *slash and burn* farming in tropical countries? According to this website, a quarter of the world's carbon emissions is generated by such practices:


When farmers in tropical countries use "slash-and-burn" agriculture to clear forested land, their fires loft vast amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, intensifying global warming. Worldwide, this kind of land use accounts for almost a quarter of the planet's annual CO2 emissions. If this burning and deforestation could be reduced – or avoided altogether – it could slow climate change.

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