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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:19 AM Original message |
Cocaine users are destroying the rainforest - at 4m squared a gram |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. I thought eating hamburgers was destroying the rainforest. n/t |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. No - that's soy in Brazil |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Cokeburgers! |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. Make cocaine legal and all those problems go away.. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Actually, the problem isn't cocaine, hamburgers, soy, or lumber |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Here! Here! Where's the US politician with cajones enough to address THIS issue? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. US birth rate is *already* below ZPG |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. But overpopulation is still a major concern |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I agree, global population is a major problem.. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. While the industrialized world population (minus China) isn't growing |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. That's in the US. Hardly the case in Colombia. |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. IOW --> religion. |
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Royal Oak Rog (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
6. Up your nose with a rubber hose!* |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
9. Oh no, now people are going to try to join the Hectare Club. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
11. utter bullshit! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. You're thinking of a square that's 4 meters on each side |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. is it 4 meters squared, as stated in the OP, or 4 sq meters, as you state? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. The article starts with "Four square metres" |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. yeah, I see it's in the body of the OP, but I read the title |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Next time I see a gang of those notorious coke-snorting Prius drivers the article mentions... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I suppose 150 sq feet would be closer to an eight ball |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. You might want to check your math. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. the OP topic title says 4 meters squared |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. "4 meters square(d)" is British for "4 square meters" n/t |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Didn't we fight a couple of wars with them so we could use feet and inches? |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
12. bulllllllllshit! |
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