The choices we make is a dilemma for each of us every day of our lives. Some choices are small, some are large, some are life-changing. There is a dam project in Peru that will wipe out not just 60 villages and displace their residents, but it will destroy a large chunk of forest which is an essential producer of oxygen and absorber of carbon dioxide. If the roots of the trees are left in the ground instead of removed, then the decay of submerged tree roots will result in massive amounts of carbon dioxide and methane being released. But it will create resources and energy for entire populations. Is it worth the cost?
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