On 2011-06-26, Dave Smith > wrote:

> We have been complaining about the destruction of the rain forest, but
> Europeans cut down most of their forests years ago and then branched out
> to North America where they continued the practice of clearing the land
> for agriculture and building materials.

Quite right! Quite right!

In the meantime, is there a single living commodity we are not
exploiting/consuming into extinction? I think not.

nb