"Deforestation is terrible thing. 10% of the forests are being cut down each year. We should reduce that number."

"Yeah, but what about the 90% of forests being kept for 'environmental purposes?' We should get the low-hanging fruit and reduce that number first!"

"...what?"

Don't bother with HN comments for anything other than tech and startups, and even then you should be suspicious. It's full of privileged tech bros pushing shitty solutions to the wrong problems.

When somebody’s mortgage depends on ignorance, don’t go looking to them for wisdom.