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Jimvanhise

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1. THE PROBLEM IS. . .

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Thu Nov 20, 2025, 11:36 AM

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South America is being expected to do what no one else did. North America and Europe used to be covered with forests which were stripped bare to make way for civilization. Some remain but most of them are gone. The Amazon is being cut down just like Europe and America did a couple hundred years ago.

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