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Nearly 70% of Argentine forests lost in a century, page 1
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Topic started on 27-9-2009 @ 09:33 PM by ZombieOctopus
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Wow, that's unreal! I live in the rocky mountains and I can't even fathom seeing 70% of the trees just disappear, even 2.1% in a single year!
You know what this will lead to though. After the region is transformed into a desert, 200 million people will be looking for a new home in neighboring countries. No doubt this will soon become a trend over time, where will they go?
Forests that spread across 100 million hectares (247 million acres) in 1900 have dwindled to 33.19 million hectares (82 million acres), officials said.
"In 100 years, we have lost between 60 and 70 percent of our forest heritage," Environmental Undersecretary Sergio La Rocca told reporters on Friday.
The UBA study found that in 2007, "the highest rate was reached: 2.1 percent of forests destroyed in a single year."
The scourge of desertification directly affects 200 million people, according to UN figures.
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Wow, that's unreal! I live in the rocky mountains and I can't even fathom seeing 70% of the trees just disappear, even 2.1% in a single year!
You know what this will lead to though. After the region is transformed into a desert, 200 million people will be looking for a new home in neighboring countries. No doubt this will soon become a trend over time, where will they go?
reply posted on 28-9-2009 @ 04:04 PM by DaMod
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This is Gir.
He is the avidly retarded side kick of an irkin alien invader known as Zim.
This is Gir.
He is the avidly retarded side kick of an irkin alien invader known as Zim.
reply posted on 28-9-2009 @ 04:28 PM by Zosynspiracy
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Well I don't know why we are so taken back by Argentina. The USA has destroyed A HUGE amount of forest since its inception. Do you all not realize that? And our country is what twice to three times the size of Argentina? We used to have old growth forests stretching coast to coast. Now we have a tiny lot of old growth left on the west coast. Look at all the logging that still goes on today in the Northwest. It's disgusting. There is no reason with 21st century technology we have to resort to cutting down 100+ year old trees. We could probably grind up all the plastic we throw away every year and have enough plastic "lumber" to build all the houses in CA twice over.
Well I don't know why we are so taken back by Argentina. The USA has destroyed A HUGE amount of forest since its inception. Do you all not realize that? And our country is what twice to three times the size of Argentina? We used to have old growth forests stretching coast to coast. Now we have a tiny lot of old growth left on the west coast. Look at all the logging that still goes on today in the Northwest. It's disgusting. There is no reason with 21st century technology we have to resort to cutting down 100+ year old trees. We could probably grind up all the plastic we throw away every year and have enough plastic "lumber" to build all the houses in CA twice over.
reply posted on 28-9-2009 @ 04:30 PM by Donnie Darko
Originally posted by Zosynspiracy
reply to post by Donnie Darko
Well I don't know why we are so taken back by Argentina. The USA has destroyed A HUGE amount of forest since its inception. Do you all not realize that? And our country is what twice to three times the size of Argentina? We used to have old growth forests stretching coast to coast. Now we have a tiny lot of old growth left on the west coast. Look at all the logging that still goes on today in the Northwest. It's disgusting. There is no reason with 21st century technology we have to resort to cutting down 100+ year old trees. We could probably grind up all the plastic we throw away every year and have enough plastic "lumber" to build all the houses in CA twice over.
You're right, the eastern woodlands once extended all the way to Illinois.
reply posted on 28-9-2009 @ 04:44 PM by ZombieOctopus
Originally posted by Zosynspiracy
reply to post by Donnie Darko
We could probably grind up all the plastic we throw away every year and have enough plastic "lumber" to build all the houses in CA twice over.
That's actually a really good idea... does anyone do that currently? Sadly, industry would probably plow over an ancient forest to save a nickle on every wooden beam over reused plastic
I realize that endangered forests aren't as exciting as "real" conspiracies but it's really depressing to think that I'll personally outlive much of Earth's forests.
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This is Gir.
He is the avidly retarded side kick of an irkin alien invader known as Zim.
Haha I guess I see the resemblance, my avatar is actually a macro photo of a key-chain.
reply posted on 28-9-2009 @ 04:46 PM by unityemissions
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I really doubt that would pass safety standards. Just like the plastic car from India. If that were to burn, it would be incredibly toxic.
I really doubt that would pass safety standards. Just like the plastic car from India. If that were to burn, it would be incredibly toxic.
reply posted on 28-9-2009 @ 04:48 PM by Zosynspiracy
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Yes when I worked for Home Depot there were many companies that plastic lumber or it was called "Trex" decking. They built beautiful decks out of it. It was awesome and came in different colors. You never had to paint it, it never cracked or splintered, it was held together with screws. It cut like wood etc. It was way more expensive but over the long term seemed like a pretty good alternative. I haven't kept up with the technology and this was over 7 years ago. I'm sure a lot has changed.
www.plasticlumber.com...
But then again I'm sure all we need in our environment is more plastic leaching into our bodies.
Yes when I worked for Home Depot there were many companies that plastic lumber or it was called "Trex" decking. They built beautiful decks out of it. It was awesome and came in different colors. You never had to paint it, it never cracked or splintered, it was held together with screws. It cut like wood etc. It was way more expensive but over the long term seemed like a pretty good alternative. I haven't kept up with the technology and this was over 7 years ago. I'm sure a lot has changed.
www.plasticlumber.com...
But then again I'm sure all we need in our environment is more plastic leaching into our bodies.
reply posted on 28-9-2009 @ 04:53 PM by ZombieOctopus
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Ohh, yeah I've seen floors made from that, I was thinking more along the lines of 2x4's and the sort of stuff you'd build structures out of. The amount of plastic in lumber sized units would probably be a lot.
Even if it were possible to mass produce here, I can't see places like Argentina or elsewhere in South America using more expensive alternatives over cheap wood. Maybe someone will figure a way to make it happen.
Ohh, yeah I've seen floors made from that, I was thinking more along the lines of 2x4's and the sort of stuff you'd build structures out of. The amount of plastic in lumber sized units would probably be a lot.
Even if it were possible to mass produce here, I can't see places like Argentina or elsewhere in South America using more expensive alternatives over cheap wood. Maybe someone will figure a way to make it happen.
reply posted on 28-9-2009 @ 05:35 PM by ZombieOctopus
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Our governments are reactive in nature. They'll do nothing to stop it, even if it's clearly on a path to complete destruction. Once most of the woodlands are gone and desertification starts creeping north and no one can grow crops on the land, they'll declare there to be a problem and spend 10 years and 100 billion dollars on think-tanks considering possible options, of which they'll chose the most expensive one and it'll fail miserably.
Our governments are reactive in nature. They'll do nothing to stop it, even if it's clearly on a path to complete destruction. Once most of the woodlands are gone and desertification starts creeping north and no one can grow crops on the land, they'll declare there to be a problem and spend 10 years and 100 billion dollars on think-tanks considering possible options, of which they'll chose the most expensive one and it'll fail miserably.
reply posted on 4-10-2009 @ 02:53 AM by SimpleKnowledge
Our governments are reactive in nature. They'll do nothing to stop it, even if it's clearly on a path to complete destruction. Once most of the woodlands are gone and desertification starts creeping north and no one can grow crops on the land, they'll declare there to be a problem and spend 10 years and 100 billion dollars on think-tanks considering possible options, of which they'll chose the most expensive one and it'll fail miserably.
Hopefully this doesn't happen but seems inevitable currently.
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