When
many of us see trees I would guess the average person would know paper comes
from trees. Little do we know this little sheet of paper is the least of our
worries. “By burning trees, coal, and oil we dump six billion tons of carbon
into the atmosphere.” Without trees our air would more than likely be toxic to
us and because the rainforests cover majority of the earth they play a major
factor in producing clean oxygen. Trees also give the ground nutrients
therefore it can grow and continue to produce oxygen. “A rainforests tree will
draw 3 million gallons of water through its roots and release it into the air
as water vapor.” Without tress producing tons of water vapor/moisture it is
unable to produce clouds and rain. Many people also fail to realize the cutting
of trees can be link to our food chains. “72 acres of rainforest are destroyed
every minute.” The acres of trees are cut by impoverished people and they use
land to “grow” beef to export to the United States. 72 acres a minute is equivalent
to 38 million acres a year and at this rate the world rainforest will be wiped
out in our children’s lifetime. Two million pounds of beef is imported from
third world countries while the average citizen in those countries eat less
meat than a house cat. The statement suggest that deforestation not only helps
but make more of an impact on our oxygen as well as peoples day to day lives.
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