Posted on 03/13/2025 9:04:11 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
There’s a famous quotation about the town of Bến Tre, a Viet Cong stronghold, that was at the center of the Tet Offensive. According to Peter Arnett, an unnamed major told him “It became necessary to destroy the town to save it.” That quotation may not be real, but what is real is the news that Brazil is destroying tens of thousands of acres of rainforest to prepare for the upcoming COP30 climate summit, which will be held this November in Belém. Apparently, they have to destroy the rainforest, so that the climatistas can save it.
Even the pro-climate change BBC was shocked:
A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém.
It aims to ease traffic to the city, which will host more than 50,000 people - including world leaders - at the conference in November.
The state government touts the highway’s “sustainable” credentials, but some locals and conservationists are outraged at the environmental impact.
The same article reminds readers that we’ve been told for decades now that the rainforest is absolutely essential to the planet’s health. Without it, we’ll have more deadly CO2 and less biodiversity.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
This isn’t the first time that the climate crowd has had to “destroy old growth forest in order to save it.” For years, it turns out that Maine has been destroying its old-growth forests (i.e., CO2 absorbers and biodiversity engines) to build solar farms (i.e., hideous, Chinese-manufactured seas of non-biodegradable chemicals and plastics):
The number of large solar farms in Maine is increasing quickly, prompting some residents and conservation groups to worry about the development cutting deeper into forests.
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The stakes for the siting of solar farms are increasing given Maine’s statutory target of 80 percent clean energy by 2030 and a recent rapid increase in solar development often requiring the clearing of many acres.
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It’s not yet known how many solar projects require cutting of trees, but it’s clear that many have. Based on the incomplete dataset, developers for 19 sites estimated they would need to clear a combined total of about 696 acres.
That total does not include the number of acres being cleared by what will be Maine’s largest solar farm. Longroad Energy’s Three Corners Project, which is under construction in Benton, Clinton and Unity Township, estimates it will need to clear 690 acres of vegetation and trees for its solar panels. The entire site is 926 acres.
Maybe Maine will run out of oxygen.
Much like all of these scammers jetting around the world polluting the air
Looking at you, Al Gore!
The point of the road is to
- Demonstrate the noble privilege of the elites — if they want comfort and convenience, F the farmers, planet, indigenous people and wildlife
- Compel cognitive dissonance from their followers. The rainforest is sacred and untouchable and it is also simultaneously disposable at a whim. Leftists must believe both simultaneously and will demonstrate their rightthink by duckspeaking.
If left alone it will grow back in about a week ,LOL
This is a 10-mile long, 4-lane expressway through a local nature preserve that’s between a suburban area and the river. Google Earth Belem and look at it. Then zoom out and see the thousands of miles of rain forest around Belem.
This is global warming BS.
More:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/4303859/posts
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4303806/posts
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4303854/posts
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He said it was hard work because they would be working on some mountainside on a heavy slope. They would take a helicopter and get dropped off in the morning. Then picked up at the end of the day. So they had to bring chainsaws, fuel, water, lunch, a Satellite phone and a FIRST AID kit. In case someone got hurt.
I asked how much growth?
6-8’ annually.
Nothing new. Remember the disasterous 1972 Trans-Amazon High way which was finally abandoned in 1976?
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