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When I was in college, a friend told me that some scientists figured out that the Brazilian rain forests were actually twice as large as had been previously calculated. Since the amount of known lumber cut is a fixed number, the rate of deforestation is actually one-half of what was being reported.
A collective sigh of relief, you say? Not hardly. When the news broke in more popular science journals, the facts had been twisted to report that while the forests were twice as large as originally thought, it "followed" that deforestation rates continued unchanged and that twice as much acreage was being cut down than was previously thought!
The envirowackos always have a doomsday scenario or will make one up. Look for the spin to be that fuel consumption is actually higher than previously thought.