>Exactly how will an e-mail chain letter stop the Brazilian
>government from proceeding with its plan?

A chain letter will not ,awareness will . Like you pinpointed,  the actions
and desires of north americans and other high consumer of natural resources
are determinant to the  economic decisions of countries who own thoses
natural resources.
being aware of the impact of thoses desires can make changes and it does!

When we want cheap foods  so we can buy computers ,this  is the consequences
that we have to live with. Being aware of those consequences might makes the
clever ones want  that the goodies can continue. We are scraping the bones
of the earth now  and are looking for the last remnants of meat left  while
others aim at .


>
>I'd like to remind everyone that this deforestation is driven by
>the worldwide -- and especially American -- demand for affordable
>meat.  While we on this list may be, and should be, opposed to
>the destruction of the rain forests, it is also true that we
>promulgate a way of eating that, if widely accepted, would
>significantly increase that demand.

I don'[t understand paleo as promulgating a mono diet of beef.either . I see
paleo eating promulgating a wide range of foods that comes from sustainably
managed diversified ecosystems.
The Paleo way of eating should promulgate other ways of producing food that
is not a remake of the mistakes of the neolithic revolution (monoculture,
relying on few species etc...)
A forest is the most efficient way of producing foods of all category
 fruits , nuts ,meats, and even vegetables in the clearings.Monoculture or
mono- animal husbandry is the least efficient,  globally in time and space.


jean-claude