The state of Rondônia in western Brazil is one of the most deforested parts of the Amazon. In the past three decades, clearing and degradation of the state’s original 208,000 square kilometers of forest (about 51.4 million acres, an area slightly smaller than the state of Kansas) has been rapid: 4,200 square kilometers cleared by 1978; 30,000 by 1988; and 53,300 by 1998. By 2003, an estimated 67,764 square kilometers of rainforest—an area larger than the state of West Virginia—had been cleared.
From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by liquidanbar.
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http://www.forestcouncil.org/learn/aerial/index.html
Back in the early 1990s, some scientists compared aerial photos of Rondonia, Brazil with the Mt Hood National Forest in Oregon, and the result: Brazil looked downright verdant by comparison. The Mt Hood NF was chopped to bits.
Meanwhile the SciFi Channel (I refuse to call it by it's new name) continues to spend gobs of money to produce spectacularly bad movies with cheesy effects.
The producers of these shows claim that the special effects eat up their budget and my question is why?
Maybe they're hiring the wrong people? Just saying.
1. If this guy can perform telekinesis on this level, why go to the trouble and danger of throwing objects AT the droidy things, why not just throw the droidy things etc.
2. Assuming the droidy things are droids, are we to believe they can't, using a big ass fully automatic weapon, at close range, not even manage one hit.
3. If we say that the guy's powers also allow him to evade bullets, without watching them, why bother running.
Too much suspension of disbelief here. Fancy effects, well shot perhaps, but story silly.
Did he dieded?!