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GWBS CAUSING Orangutan Extinction

Hey folks,

THIS is REAL. THIS is the REAL effect that the GWBS {Global Warming Bull Sh--} is actually having. Yet, some claim that GWBS and policies to prevent it is the answer?

Turns out that the "Orangutan numbers have declined sharply on the only two islands where they still live in the wild and they could become the first great ape species to go extinct if urgent action isn't taken, a new study says."

That's right folks. The Orangutan Ape is going extinct. They are dying off and it's MAN'S FAULT. We are killing them off. Why? GWBS. But folks, this one is actually TRUE.

Indonesia and Malaysia, the world's top two palm oil producers, have aggressively pushed to expand plantations amid a rising demand for biofuels which are considered cleaner burning and cheaper than petrol.

Yup. We ARE killing them off to protect the planet. We are invading their areas and making it impossible for them to continues in their natural cycles of life, because we have to find Alternative Fuels. In this completely idiotic quest to rid ourselves from Oil, we have thrown everything else to the wind. We do not care about those that LIVE on corn and corn products, causing food riots. We do not care about costs at the store, or the pump that are causing MASSIVE hardships for those less fortunate then others. Now we are killing of Wild life. All in the name of a SCAM.

According to this study:

The declines in Indonesia and Malaysia since 2004 are mostly because of illegal logging and the expansion of palm oil plantations, Serge Wich, a scientist at the Great Ape Trust in Iowa, said on Saturday.

The survey found the orangutan population on Indonesia's Sumatra island dropped almost 14 percent since 2004, Wich said. It also concluded that the populations on Borneo island, which is shared by Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia, have fallen by 10 percent. Researchers only surveyed areas of Borneo that are in Indonesia and Malaysia.

In their study, Wich and his 15 colleagues said the declines in Borneo were occurring at an "alarming rate" but that they were most concerned about Sumatra, where the numbers show the population is in "rapid decline."

"Unless extraordinary efforts are made soon, it could become the first great ape species to go extinct," researchers wrote.

It is the extraordinary efforts by some to make profit from the GWBS that HAS caused this. {Sigh} Now they are saying they have the answer? Drilling our own oil and adding the supply to market will not cause any species to go extinct. It is amazing that those who love to put wild life and the "planet" ahead of the needs and well being of PEOPLE, will over look things like this, in their quest for power, control, and money. But God forbid they find some kind of rare mouse on your property, you will have to move. But Great Apes? Well, as long as it is for the creation of Alternative Fuels, who cares?

Imagine what this story would be like if it was Big Oil killing them off.
Peter

Sources:
AP - Study: Orangutan populations declining sharply By MICHAEL CASEY, AP Environmental Writer Sat Jul 5, 6:05 AM ET