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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by Qem on Thursday July 15, 2021 @07:38PM (#27851382)
> It’s the same thing humans have done for a hundred thousand years: sit around a campfire telling ghost stories.

The same thing, but now with 7 billion+ people. It's a lot of deforestation just to feed all these campfires.

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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by OliverGilan on Thursday July 15, 2021 @08:00PM (#27851589)
Except we aren't running out of forests any time soon [1] and they're actually growing back to levels we haven't seen in decades.

[1] https://phys.org/news/2018-08-global-forest-loss-years-offse...

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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by TheOtherHobbes on Thursday July 15, 2021 @08:47PM (#27851911)
Monocultures are not forests.

https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/study-finds-chinas-new-for...

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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by hi5eyes on Thursday July 15, 2021 @08:11PM (#27851676)
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54714692 China's forest carbon uptake 'underestimated'

reforestation is booming, not to discount how devastated green heavy regions like the amazon are

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