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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 10:50 AM Original message |
AMAZON FOREST ALMOST CERTAIN TO DIE NEXT YEAR, DROUGHT TO SPREAD TO U.S. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
57. BS...this is the same story as was put up this time last year |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:48 AM Response to Reply #57 |
69. Post your source from last year |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 01:42 AM Response to Reply #57 |
71. Observation isn't your strong point, is it? |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. k+r |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. At this point, I doubt there is anything that can be done to stop the Amazon's destruction |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 11:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. yeah, the time to take action was decades ago |
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poverlay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
60. Maybe we are. Think about it: Bush hates black people + weather control = Katrina! n/t |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
4. “We are entering a period of consequences.” ....Al Gore...n/t |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 05:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. And the reservation for our "nature hike through the Book of Revelations" |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
5. "Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences." |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
6. Congratulations, your planet is dying. |
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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. They are more interested in abortion, war and tax cuts! |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. and their OIL. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 01:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
70. he's coming to save some of them |
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ryanus (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. That would be really bad |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 11:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Tell me about it |
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candice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. China is importing soybeans from the Brazilian former rain forest... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Petro-dollars and "trade" |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. Sad. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
12. has the environment got a lot worse since * took power. |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
13. Please do not take this as a "no big deal" post |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
44. Thank you for this. I want to add: |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #44 |
62. You're right it would be more proper to say it will begin dying next year |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
15. One could start by making forest burning punishable by death |
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sanskritwarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 12:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Can we still execute people for murder |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
17. "A Dry Horizon for the Amazon" |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
18. ZPG!!! zero population growth! n/t |
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JudyM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Yep, I'm with you. n/t |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. NPG - Negative Population Growth! |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. when I propose that people tend to get a bit huffy at me. :) n/t |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. You've noticed that, have you? |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
58. Saw a "Thank you for not breeding" bumper sticker last year |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
19. This is the price for the Regan voters' greed and selfishness. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. Yep. 1980 was the turning point. "We" chose the wrong path. nt |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. Communism won. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Huh? |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. Humans are not damaging the environment, it's all natural. |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. knrnt. |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
24. An almost incomprehensable castastrophe... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. And it won't stop with them, every human and animal on the planet |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
25. Cattle Ranching Is Killing The Amazon |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
56. Ranching is being forced out of savannah areas by |
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AnExtremist (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
26. Sad isn't it? How many people will only take notice now that it's pretty much going to die? |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. Oh my gods... |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Yes I told you - Crutzen's GLOBAL THERMOSTAT |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. thanks for the info, I will read it later. about global thermostat. sounds like a good conversation |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. Crutzen's plan in already Plan B,at best |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Yes the balance of nature has already left the building |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
34. Stop the greedy "Free trade" and economy growth and things may go back |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Instead of bombs couldn't planes drop water? |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. That's an interesting thought, but I'm thinking blimps will work better, |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
42. Thinking of all the unique species that will be gone forever |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #42 |
65. I'm doing my part |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
43. Man, we have doomed ourselves and all other species on this planet! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
46. Fire on the hemisphere below. |
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halobeam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. This is the stuff that makes me regret having kids |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
48. Thanks for the thread Dems Will Win. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
50. Kicked to make the pretty flames appear. n/t |
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halobeam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
51. k & r |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
52. That can't happen! |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 04:32 AM Response to Reply #52 |
73. Shrub would probably call them "Book-a-ninnies" |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
53. Here's this great site where you can invest in reforesting the Amazon! |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. More info |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:59 PM Response to Reply #53 |
64. Scary deforestation map on that site |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
54. Water Woes |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
59. k+r |
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ott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
61. Hope that cheap beef is worth it. -eom- |
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Emillereid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
63. James Lovelock predicted this in his book "The Revenge of Gaia" -- |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
66. It's all the gays fault!! |
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JacquesMolay (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. I'm with you there ... |
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GETPLANING (370 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
68. The Sahara Desert was once rainforest |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
72. * will save us all!!!!! |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 05:04 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Not if it's a Halliburton, no-bid Contract |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
75. The story is a year old. Here's what's happening this summer. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
76. It's been a dry summer here in Indiana... |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
77. Does anybody know what part of the El Nino/La Nina cycle it is right now? |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
78. Crap in a tin-toil hat, despair spreader. The title is truly ignorant of reality. |
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BrainGlutton (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
79. As one prominent auto-industry CEO put it, "How much clean air do we actually NEED?" |
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