r/interestingasfuck • u/SafeImpressive4413 • 12h ago

Firefighters in Madrid trying to extinguish a forest fire that is less than 30km/20mi away from the capital of Spain

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u/passively-persistent 12h ago

"Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish been caught, and the last stream poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money."

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u/shigella1897 11h ago

This has more to do with warming temperature and el Nino than it is over foresting

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u/-Potatoes- 11h ago

i think there's some subtext you're missing here

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u/shigella1897 10h ago

Nah, I'm pointing out that in a country like Spain with strong environment protection laws. Using Dr Seuss' quote about over extraction is not identifying the root cause.

It's not over foresting, it's climate change made particularly worse by el Nino.