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Re:Unprecedented flooding in Brazil leaves hundreds of thous... by vermilingua on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @02:43AM (#40437998)
Really? You don't think Brazil (the country slashing and burning with abandon at the largest forest on the planet) bares any responsibility for climate change?
Re:Unprecedented flooding in Brazil leaves hundreds of thous... by MadameBanaan on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @02:47AM (#40438021)
Don't forget about the countless acres of monoculture.
Re:Unprecedented flooding in Brazil leaves hundreds of thous... by boredemployee on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @03:06AM (#40438138)
monoculture that feeds many other countries
Re:Unprecedented flooding in Brazil leaves hundreds of thous... by iancmceachern on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @11:40AM (#40442324)
You are talking about the corn and wheat fields of the American Midwest right?
Re:Unprecedented flooding in Brazil leaves hundreds of thous... by piva00 on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @03:26AM (#40438243)
It sure does, not only slashing and burning the Amazon but also raising cattle for beef with abandon.

At the same time it still produces 1/7 of the CO2 per capita of the USA, Canada and Australia, or 1/4 of what China, Germany, Norway, Netherlands, UK, etc.

Brazil bears responsibility (even more when Bolsonaro was in power) but if those countries had the emissions per capita that Brazil has the world would be in a much, much better state climate-wise.

Re:Unprecedented flooding in Brazil leaves hundreds of thous... by ryanmccullagh on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @10:07AM (#40441196)
You don't seem to realize the Amazon and Rio Grande do Sul are on opposite sides of the country.
Re:Unprecedented flooding in Brazil leaves hundreds of thous... by piva00 on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @06:45PM (#40447684)
I'm from Brazil, please lecture me more on the geography of my country...

You don't seem to realise climate patterns are interconnected.

Re:Unprecedented flooding in Brazil leaves hundreds of thous... by iancmceachern on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @11:10AM (#40441978)
They bare some, but much less than the "developed" world
Re:Unprecedented flooding in Brazil leaves hundreds of thous... by ninininino on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @06:00PM (#40447215)
Disagree. Most Brazilians don't even see a benefit from the logging and ranching done in slashed Amazon rainforest. It's a subset of Brazilians, and that subset bares the blame here. Just labeling nationalities as deserving or undeserving blame is painting with too broad a brush, and ignoring the fact that it's mostly the ultra wealthy to blame here. A poor Brazilian in a favela is a victim. A regional governor ignoring illegal logging because they receive a kickback is not.
Re:Unprecedented flooding in Brazil leaves hundreds of thous... by iancmceachern on Thursday May 23, 2024 @12:15PM (#40456576)
And England burned all of its trees 200 years ago