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| ▲ | alpineman 25 minutes ago | parent | next [-] |
| Sure, I won't object if you have a few mines for rare earths, if you stop deforestation for cattle feed (90%) and deforestation for cheap metals (iron etc - which is the other 10%). 1% for rare earths would be fine tbh. However this is not why the rainforest is being cut down. It's being cut down so that people can eat beef multiple times per week (with the resulting public health crisis that will come from that). |
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| ▲ | matheusmoreira 14 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Brazil is literally the world's soy farm, and even that position is shaky since China continues to invest in Africa to cut us out and France continues to block European economic deals with Brazil. Why on Earth would I want to stop deforestation? Sounds like something that will obviously harm the only major industry we still have. |
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| ▲ | defrost 25 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] |
| You say that as though the Amazon is the only place on earth rich in rare earth minerals. It isn't - many places have them, a number have more than the Amazon. Rare earths are not rare - the 'free minerals' are rare (non existent) to find "just laying about" as they bind to other elements and compounds in complex hard to unbind ways. What the planet is rather short of is good, high quality, original condition rain forests. |
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| ▲ | matheusmoreira 19 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Amazon also contains petroleum. Would you oppose Petrobrás if it decided it was worth it to get it out of the ground? |
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