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Flames devoured the trees, smoke filled the air and the red apes had nowhere to go Clear the land for planting oil plams Widely used component of biofuel cosmetics and food The plant is a major cash crop for poor families in developing countire Worlds largest producer of palm oil is Indonesia Country prepares to double output by 2030
Converting forests into oil palm plantations destroys the home of not only oragutans but also such critically endangered creatures as the Sumatran tiger and the Sumatran rhino Logging and burning releases large quantities of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide With planned oil plantation expansion, Indonesia Boreno will release 558 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in 2020 Biofuel derived from palm oil does not meet renewable fuel standars
KFC and Cadbury have in recent years replaced palm oil with other vetegable oils in products
B. The author is trying to send to inform us on the impact that we are having on the environment. Humans are burning trees and that is destroying the environment and many animals, including endangered, ecosystems. The author is also telling us that we should do something to protect our forests from getting destroyed. There are many programs that are trying
to do this. KFC and Cadbury have in recent years replaced palm oil with other vegetable oils in products, and this is a very good thing. Now, we need to get all resturants and places that use palm oil to do this. We all need to make a difference because we are destroying the animals ecosystem and air becuase air does travel. Indonesias polluted air and the air that is going to be very polluted in 2020 becuase they are planning an oil plantation expansion and is going to releasing 558 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, cann all travel to where ever you live polluting your air. We need to do something about this because this is going to have a huge effect on animals like the Sumatran tiger and the Sumatran rhino becuase they wont just be endangered but they might even become extinct.
C. My thoughts on this topic are just horrible. I feel that is it not right to take someones ecosystem for their benefits when they dont need it. Yes, this is the only way some poor families make money in Indonesia but I still feel that this is not the only way to be making money. They are going to destroy our world just to mae palm oil when we can just all convert to vegetable oil like KFC and Cadbury did. Palm oil isn't a necessity we survive on, we don't even need it and we shouldnt take the lifes of presious animals for something we dont need to survive. We need to do something about this now before they go on with planning the oil plantation expansion in 2020.
So What? -Animals have no where to go -Animals will die -The air will be so polluted and travel -Trees are bein burned -We dont need palm oil, we can use vegetable oil Says Who? Says the author, United Nations Reducing Emissions for Deforistation, Forest Degradation program, Environmental Protection Agency, and many other people that care about our environment and want to be living in a healthy one. What If?
If we dont do anything about this the our world will be destroyed. Indonesia and everywhere else will be very polluted and so many inocent animals will be kiled for palm oil that humans dont need to survive. What Does This Remind You Of? This reminds me of The Lorax becuase they are also trying to cute down trees but not to make something, just to put something else there to make something. They didnt need what they were making in the lorax and neither do we.