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Same goes for Europe. We love to point the finger at Brazil and other developing countries, while profiting for centuries from deforestation of our own territo
by coffeeblack 4y ago
Same goes for Europe.
We love to point the finger at Brazil and other developing countries, while profiting for centuries from deforestation of our own territory.
Maybe we should simply plant 18 new trees per second in the West?
- Ekaros 4y agoYes. Use eminent domain to crawl back the suburbia. Pay people what is the value of newly forested land. Then provide them some living place few square meters is proven to be enough by examples in East Asia.
- coffeeblack 4y agoCould you explain why you want to grow trees on the 1% of land that has housing on it, instead of on the 99% of land that hasn’t?
- Ekaros 4y agoBecause every bit helps and everyone should be ready to make some minor sacrifices for the planet. After all they are asking others to die from hunger.
- ElectricalUnion 4y agoBecause grass, one of the the world's most well tended and sprawling crops, doesn't help feeding people near as much compared to the other 99% of the land that isn't "housing".
- throwaway6734 4y agoThe modern situation is different though. All those trees were used to bootstrap the current level of technological progress that Brazil doesn't need to do. Ideally wealthier countries would purchase/subsidize these areas so they don't need to be logged
- ratww 4y agoYep. Brazil doesn’t need to go trough another industrial revolution. Germany is happy to sell machines to Brazil.