Fewer Rain Forests

Fewer Rain Forests Mean Less Energy for Developing Nations, Study Finds

By FELICITY BARRINGER

Published: May 13, 2013

This article can relate back to the carbon dioxide article I posted earlier but it is more about developing nations than anything.  Currently brazil is in the process of building what will be the 3^rd largest hydropower plant in the world which is estimated to produce 11000 megawatts of power. But it could lose 40% of that due to deforestation. Here’s the reason. The rainforest plays a big role in the nations rainfall because the moisture it gives off contributes a lot of water to the rainclouds, and if you get rid of the trees then the rainfall takes a major blow. And this is a big problem for a country like Brazil which gets 80% of their power from hydropower plants. And as for me personally it doesn’t effect me and probably never will but because taking away the trees also means we lose a big carbon dioxide sucker it will eventually effect me. So I can ignore it for now but in the future I may pay for those actions, well I guess ill cross that bridge when I reach it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/science/earth/study-finds-loss-of-rain-forests-can-deplete-hydropower.html?ref=earth