I've never cut down a single tree that wasn't going to be replaced by another one.
The immediate causes of rainforest destruction are clear. The main causes of total clearance are agriculture Yes, agriculture to grow biofuels to meet green mandates.
Your denial of the green movements role in rainforest destruction is noted.
The push for biofuel, which is largely derived from palm oil and soybeans, requires the wholesale razing of virgin forest, and in its wake, perhaps the orangutan reserves of Borneo or the majesty of the Brazilian Amazon, as well.
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And yet, most environmentalists see no disconnect between their own political beliefs (smugly affirmed by the bumper stickers that invariably adorn their cars) and the horror wrought upon undeveloped countries.
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In other words, the Euro-Greens’ misguided search for clean fuel demands the sacrifice—literally—of innocents in faraway places. Does this remind you of the banning of DDT and its frightful consequences?
Soybean oil, which is the main alternative to palm oil, fares no better. In fact, soya is the single largest cause of rain forest destruction in the Brazilian Amazon. Even Roger Higman, a spokesman for Friends of the Earth UK, tacitly concedes the same point:
“We need to ensure that the crops used to make the fuel have been grown in a sustainable way or we will have rain forests cleared for palm oil plantations to make bio-diesel.”
Characteristically, the very same foot soldiers of the environmental movement continue to ignore the consequences of their utopian dream to forever end our use of fossil fuels.
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Besides, this rush to biofuel will, as Dr. Barry points out, lead to more natural rain forest loss and fragmentation—hardly in keeping with the professed goals of the Greens.
Banning DDT, biofuels, the radon scare, CAFE standards, draconian and pointless recycling laws…the list of Green-inspired disasters grows ever larger. And, as long as self-esteem [I feel good about myself putting that newspaper in the blue bin, even though there is precious little downstream salvage market or I feel good about myself burning biofuel in my car even though it is wiping out the rain forests] trumps science in academia and the public sector, the list will keep on growing.
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