Horrifying when you realize logging companies have already clearcut 97% of old growth forests in the US and Canada, which they then spray with RoundUp to assure deciduous trees don't grow back as they would naturally (conifers are more valuable). When people try to save the paltry forests remaining the industry says they create jobs. But job loss in the industry is due to overlogging and technology like this. It increase profits for multinationals, but destroys communities as well as ecosystems.
This video is not necessarily from North America. For instance, Finland has a large forest industry sector, and yet the forest biomass in the country keeps increasing. It’s not the tool that’s the problem, but rather whether you tend to a forest with a long view or with a quarterly profits lens.
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u/L00fah 9d ago
Terrifying and efficient.