That is just... Insane. Incredibly sad.
this post was submitted on 06 Apr 2025
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Meanwhile we get shamed for not reusing the plastic containers we're forced to purchase with our basic groceries.
May time and tide fuck a pres up the arse
I hate this.
Uhm, why can he just decide this? Not part of his expertise or departement.
That our government has been reacting to his shit rather than controlling it is infuriating.
Trump doesn't like that the US buys lumber from Canada. He's going to announce 34% tariffs on lumber from Canada in the next few days.
Other than the Pacific northwest most U.S. forest trees do not make good building lumber.
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National Forest Service is a part of the Department of Agriculture, part of the executive branch.
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this is so fucking retarded. it is going to take longer than his term to build fucking logging factories and its going to cost millions of dollars. plus you have to hire these people and drivers. and guess what? since it's "american" it will just cost more for some reason anyways like everything else "American made" does. what an actual joke for the sheep
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These are our forests. They belong to the US people. They're being stolen from us. For private profit of a few.
It's an American tradition.
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Assuming the other half is where they plan to install the oil derricks...
Cutting down old growth Forrest take 50 years to repair the area after its stopped. What a mess.
More like 150-300 if possible at all.
Now that's waaaaay worst.
Way longer than that. What grows back is not old growth
Yep, can't fix it in our lifetime
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Fuck. This kind of shit is why I feel the need for revenge on these people. They're slashing forests and impoverishing the population. It's not enough for them to lose an election. they need to pay
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Literally Saruman.
Revolt happened.
Saruman died on a spike.
Mirror mirror on the wall, who is Nostradamus about Trump's fall?
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Trump is speedrunning to aim for the lowest biodiversity index in North America.
Maybe if we stop ridiculously subisidising corn everywhere, some that gets thrown away because we have way too much, we could replace a couple dozen sq km of corn fields with more sustainable agroforestry, and thereby massively increase our logging output, instead of yk, cutting down the last wildlife sanctuaries? Not holding my breath tho.
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