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Originally Posted by After Shock Media
When did Brazil become part of the US?
I am also very against Bush, though that federal law which you speak of is not as bad as what the propaganda suggests. Very simple thing people just do not seem to grasp. Our forests do better if they are logged, and when they are logged it is selective logging done in phases.
I actually am informed on this issue a great deal. I did not just listen to what the sides had to spin and did a great deal of research.
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If you did research this you would know how the rain forests effect the climate of the planet. The US is not on a seperate planet. Rainforests are a key element of global weather systems. Destroying them alters the Hydrological Cycle-causing drought, flooding and soil erosion in areas where events were previously rare. The cutting and destruction of the Rainforests also changes the albedo or reflectivity of the Earth's Surface, which in turn alters wind and ocean current patterns, and changes rain fall distribution.
As far as our forests doing better if they are logged, I believe this to be total bullshit and a theory created by the logging industry. Have you ever even been in a forest? I have lived within minutes of some of the most prestigious forests in the country for the past 40 years and I can tell you they do just fine on their own. There was a reason why this law was in place, to protect our national forests. They do not do better logged, a forest is a natural habitat that is quite capable of taking care of itself without mans intervention.