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Things that we currently undervalue: - Helium - Brazil nuts - Peat moss

• mock-possum 3y ago
  Sell me in the other two.
  • LarsDu88 3y ago
    Brazil nuts trees take over 50 years to grow. When they reach full size the nuts are so massive and so high that they can kill people walking below. The native habitat of the Brazil nut is getting burned down every year to make way for cattle grazing. Oh and did I mention they only grow in the rain forest and are not cultivated by farms, but rather harvested in the wild? Is this nonrenewable miracle nut worth thousands of dollars then? No, it goes into mixed nut compilations at Wal-Mart Peat (the dead stuff, not the live moss) takes THOUSANDS of years to grow. Once used up it cannot be replaced within human civilization time scales. So of course we burn it for electricity and use it to grow potted plants...