Palm Oil Plantations are Not Rain Forests! Grrrr!


	Palm Oil Plantations are Not Rain Forests! Grrrr!

nedhamson1

10-26-2009 6:15 PM

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ecology, flaw, palm oil, rainforest

nedhamson1 says:

Today's short term gain will have us all gasping for air and pleading for relief when the dummies find out they went too far!

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