[sabujp]

You know what, it really doesn't matter because the majority of people don't really care about and understand all of the other effects. People don't even understand global warming or care enough to do anything about it. Talking heads, pundits, and politicians should just inflate the numbers and say that it provides 50% of oxygen and that we'll all asphyxiate without it because the truth is that people won't care unless you make them scared enough to care. If the end goal is to save as much of the forest as possible then stretching the truth doesn't matter. How many lies have been told from the other side for decades to reduce environmental regulations?