Yeah sure, clear more land for development, Australia, it’s not like the lack of trees will dry everything out and raise temperatures in a place that is already dangerously hot. What’s a heat island? Oh, look, fire!
Oh, you didn’t even clear those trees for anything important planned and just stuck up a sign saying “new industrial opportunities!” Boy, that sure was worth cutting into a previously protected forest and killing a bunch of endangered koalas and quolls for!
Oh look, the slop warehouse you replaced that native forest with has a koala for a logo! We sure love our national icons! I wonder where all the real koalas went?
This is a big part of it, at least here in the states. Jesus is coming back like, tomorrow, so there’s no reason we should reduce profits by taking care of the planet.
Jesus is actually gonna be big mad if we haven’t paved over the remaining old growth forest when he arrives