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Old Dec 24, 2003 | 07:34 AM
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i was up late last night fighting this flu bug when i stumbled over these. these photos are almost 20 years old, i wonder what it looks like now.
the first photo is from june 1975 and the other is only 11 years later.
 
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Old Dec 24, 2003 | 07:37 AM
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Back in '75, wasn't it still called a jungle?
 
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Old Dec 24, 2003 | 08:46 AM
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The bad thing is by the time we do something about it, it going to be too late
 
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Old Dec 24, 2003 | 09:19 AM
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A picture of the same area today would show all those little fingers connected and deeper into the forest. You might even see a Starbucks down there.
 
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Old Dec 24, 2003 | 09:21 AM
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And they are putting in a Mall on that little tiny bend in the river. It is touted as the Rainforest's Largest Mall. Heh, heh...j/k.
 
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this type of clearcutting is just as dangerous as wmd only we haven't seen the fallout yet
 
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Old Dec 24, 2003 | 04:38 PM
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i havent been able to yet locate a satalite view of the rainforest now, but i am still looking
 
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Old Dec 24, 2003 | 07:17 PM
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this type of clearcutting is just as dangerous as wmd only we haven't seen the fallout yet
never written better
 
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Old Dec 24, 2003 | 07:58 PM
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That same type of destruction would have already destroyed the Tongas National Forrest had the Clear Cutting been allowed to Continue some 20 or 25 years back. Capitalism, is the ultimate and most efficient type of market structure, but it has no conscience, no love, no compassion, no morals, and no heart, which is to say that any MAN who advocates Capitalism without any checks and balances is just as Cold Blooded as the Market Strategy that he would like to Pursue..........s.kuteman
 
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Old Dec 24, 2003 | 08:06 PM
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Re: rain forest lost

Originally posted by Opiewan

i was up late last night fighting this flu bug when i stumbled over these. these photos are almost 20 years old, i wonder what it looks like now.
the first photo is from june 1975 and the other is only 11 years later.

i fail to see the importants! what are you saying?

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Old Dec 24, 2003 | 08:09 PM
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Re: Re: rain forest lost

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i fail to see the importants! what are you saying?

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The flu bugs have left the forest..........
 
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Old Dec 24, 2003 | 08:11 PM
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ok... maybe i am just... slow er something... i still don't get what yur saying
 
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Old Dec 24, 2003 | 08:11 PM
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Re: Re: rain forest lost

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i fail to see the importants! what are you saying?

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Ecology and saving this planet for your offspring to have something to live in/on.

You have probably not been offer the class that is going to teach you about how important the rain forest is to this globe.
 
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Old Dec 24, 2003 | 08:14 PM
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prolly wont take it... no offense to ya'll... i hope to be dead before anything supposedly goes wrong... like the Y2K thing... haha


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Old Dec 24, 2003 | 08:14 PM
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fail to see the importants ? cant you see by the picture what the importants are ?
little lesson here
#1 trees ( all plants) eat so to speak CO2, and when they do they give off oxygen

#2 people need oxygen to breathe, make fire, burn gas etc etc its one of the sides of that triangle thingy

#3 we cut down all the trees and pave the earth and guess what.
we will not have any oxygen to breathe.

Now do you see the Importants ?

i am not a member of greenpeace and far away from a tree hugger, i just saw this and noticed the differnce and shared it with my other ford truck guys
 
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