tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post111460050075822285..comments2023-12-01T16:56:04.415+11:00Comments on Peak Energy: Die Off In The RainforestBig Gavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682404837426502876noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post-1114921821967099612005-05-01T14:30:00.000+10:002005-05-01T14:30:00.000+10:00You seem to have misunderstood the point of the po...You seem to have misunderstood the point of the post - the threat being discussed is not to the rainforest (I'd agree oil pipelines aren't the major threat to the rainforest itself) but the the inhabitants of it.<BR/><BR/>And clearly the oil extraction process is having a very negative impact on them.<BR/><BR/>The question is - how can this be prevented and the local inhabitants be compensated for the terrible toll this is taking on them ?Big Gavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00682404837426502876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post-1114920871410653442005-05-01T14:14:00.000+10:002005-05-01T14:14:00.000+10:00The biggest threat to the rain forest is not oil p...The biggest threat to the rain forest is not oil pipelines. <BR/><BR/>It is drug prohibition and the expansion of slash and burn farming.<BR/><BR/>I don't understand why "enviros" don't put more effort into ending prohibition.<BR/><BR/>Did I mention Vietnam like ariel spraying?<BR/><BR/>Liberation in Iraq and repression in Colombia. So where do the lefties focus - on the liberation of course.M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.com