Roads Suck!

Matthew kenney
9/25/09
1:51pm

In this article, the author talks about the impact of roads on rainforests. This seems to not be a big deal because roads are harmless right. This article tries to convey to people how destructive roads can become to the forests it intersects. This article does say that roads are not the main cause of rainforest deforestation but it is an enabler. When you think about it, with roads comes many people. With many people comes need for resources. There is also better access to the forest which in turn brings loggers and other land harvesters. These roads link markets which in turn also bring many sellers and could turn into towns. There is a road in the development stage called the Amazon called the Trans-Amazonian. This road will open up many miles of land normally not accessible. This will destroy many areas of the environment. People are coming up with ways to help this not be such a big problem but the best solution is no roads at all.

What I think about this article is as follows. This article is a sad reminder of how bad we have an impact on the environment. We are by far the worst species on this planet. I am not trying to be mean but it seems like we come up with really efficient ways to destroy natural environments. The idea that they are coming up with to put roads though the rain forest ids the worst idea I have ever heard. We might as well just completely dull doze the Amazon because we are sealing its fate with this road. Let’s hope we can come up with better solutions to these roads before it is too late.
http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0924-roads.html