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Old 01-12-2008, 10:35 AM   #23 (permalink)
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In the next 24 hours, deforestation will release as much CO2 into the atmosphere as 8 million people flying from London to New York. Stopping the loggers is the fastest and cheapest solution to climate change. So why are global leaders turning a blind eye to this crisis?
The moral argument of why a developing country have to keep say (numbers are made up) 50% of it's country filled with trees while the developed countrys have 5% filled with trees isn't quite that strong.
Especially when you are a US citizen and the US still produces the most CO2.

Even when most western leaders would want to reduce deforestation it's not that easy to do it in a way that the developing countries are happy with.
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Talking about this in terms of “bad news” or “bad judgment by business leaders” seems archaic. It’s like describing World War One as “a serious diplomatic concern.”
Bruce Sterling about the financial crisis.
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