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Carbon Dioxide release
It seems that the Brazilian Government's acceptance / inability / lack of interest in dealing with forest fires has, so far this year, led to the release of over 220 million tonnes of CO2. Last year, the UK as a whole released about 360 million tonnes of CO2. If the fires continue for the rest of the year, Brazil's fire will have released about the same as the UK did last year.
UK Govt keeps telling us we need to do more to cut emissions. A bit of pressure elsewhere wouldn't go amiss, it seems.Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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23rd Aug 2019 2:13 pm
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So long as we don't involve the US military to try to stop these forest fires!
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And discriminate between fires that are started by nature (lightning strikes & volcanoes) and man made fires.
These fires are the result of Bolsonaro giving the wink to farmers / mine companies that it will opened up for exploitation. "Oh dear, how sad, never-mind. Now it's burned down, we might as well make the most of it...".
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