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Jedi Guy

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21. The Amazon is not "the lungs of the world." That's a myth.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #17)

Sun Sep 15, 2019, 09:30 AM

Sep 2019

The net flux of oxygen to the atmosphere from the Amazon rainforest is pretty much zero. That' s not to say that it's not worthwhile to protect the Amazon; it absolutely is. But the oft-repeated "lungs of the earth" thing is not factual. One expert on the Amazon even went so far as to say that it's "bullshit."

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US and Brazil agree to Amazon development [View all] muriel_volestrangler Sep 2019 OP

"They took all the trees and put 'em in a tree museum..." Beartracks Sep 2019 #1

How stupid do they think people are BigmanPigman Sep 2019 #2

It's not really that at all... OldBaldy1701E Sep 2019 #3

Brazil is burning down the rain forests to create soy bean. erlewyne Sep 2019 #6

YES, it's the brazenness. MBS Sep 2019 #8

Nailed it. Thanks Old Baldy Evolve Dammit Sep 2019 #14

Biodiversity: 100 million hectare industrial park and a cactus bucolic_frolic Sep 2019 #4

"To save the rainforest, we have to destroy it." Efilroft Sul Sep 2019 #5

The Age of MAGA,,,,,, Cryptoad Sep 2019 #7

The myth paleotn Sep 2019 #9

Why is Trump supporting BRAZILIAN farmers, but pissing on AMERICAN farmers? NickB79 Sep 2019 #10

So big corporations can buy the bankrupt farmers' land for... Lock him up. Sep 2019 #18

I'll have to run this by my 5 uncles NickB79 Sep 2019 #19

Tell them they've been conned by the biggest conman in History. Lock him up. Sep 2019 #20

So now tRump can claim he's the, "environmental" president Bayard Sep 2019 #11

At the beginning of this month, my husband and I saw the NY Botanical Garden exhibit karynnj Sep 2019 #12

IT45 hates the natural world with a pathological vigor. bronxiteforever Sep 2019 #13

We have no money for toothpaste for kids but can do this? Takket Sep 2019 #15

Brazil has a dictator. I want to hear candidates talk about the criminal leader in Brazil rockfordfile Sep 2019 #16

Trump is as guilty as Bolsonaro in the destruction of the "world's lungs." Pure evil. n/t Judi Lynn Sep 2019 #17

The Amazon is not "the lungs of the world." That's a myth. Jedi Guy Sep 2019 #21