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applegrove

(118,503 posts) Fri Aug 23, 2019, 10:20 PM Aug 2019

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On Real Time, Smerconish just said the Amazon rainforest is 1 breath out of 5.

Wow. That puts it in perspective. 20% of the oxygen we breath is one out of 5 breaths.

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On Real Time, Smerconish just said the Amazon rainforest is 1 breath out of 5. (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2019 OP

Yeah Lefta Dissenter Aug 2019 #1

Yep, a well known fact dalton99a Aug 2019 #2

Yes but when you say it as '1 breath out of 5' we all take it brings it home.n/t applegrove Aug 2019 #3

Jair Bolsonaro: 'Poop every other day' to protect the environment eppur_se_muova Aug 2019 #4

Lefta Dissenter

(6,622 posts)

1. Yeah

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Aug 23, 2019, 10:34 PM

Aug 2019

That really hit me, too. 😢

dalton99a

(81,413 posts)

2. Yep, a well known fact

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Aug 23, 2019, 10:54 PM

Aug 2019

More than 20 percent of the world's oxygen is produced in the Amazon rainforest.

applegrove

(118,503 posts)

3. Yes but when you say it as '1 breath out of 5' we all take it brings it home.n/t

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 23, 2019, 10:59 PM

Aug 2019

eppur_se_muova

(36,250 posts)

4. Jair Bolsonaro: 'Poop every other day' to protect the environment

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Aug 23, 2019, 11:32 PM

Aug 2019

https://www.democraticunderground.com/110868217

I guess he's going to advise people to skip one breath in five now.

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