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A Tuna's Worth

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Re: A Tuna's Worth

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Post by ebg13 »

jgwil2 wrote: post #2

Such beautiful animals. It's a shame we haven't found a way to fish them responsibly.

I wonder. Have humans managed as a collective to do anything responsibly in their entire history?

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Post by wombatmobile »

ebg13 wrote: post #3
jgwil2 wrote: post #2

Such beautiful animals. It's a shame we haven't found a way to fish them responsibly.

I wonder. Have humans managed as a collective to do anything responsibly in their entire history?

Australian aborigines managed a whole continent the size of the USA sustainably for 60,000 years.

http://www.workingwithindigenousaustralians.info/content/His...

Re: A Tuna's Worth

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Post by RobLach »

ebg13 wrote: post #3
jgwil2 wrote: post #2

Such beautiful animals. It's a shame we haven't found a way to fish them responsibly.

I wonder. Have humans managed as a collective to do anything responsibly in their entire history?

Lumber is currently close and I bet could potentially totally be if you reverted to wood burning energy sources. That said, I’m unsure if having more trees is actually responsible given the fire risk.

Re: A Tuna's Worth

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Post by missedthecue »

wombatmobile wrote: post #4
ebg13 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder. Have humans managed as a collective to do anything responsibly in their entire history?

Australian aborigines managed a whole continent the size of the USA sustainably for 60,000 years. http://www.workingwithindigenousaustralians.info/content/His...

At an unimaginably low standard of living.

Re: A Tuna's Worth

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Post by wombatmobile »

missedthecue wrote: post #6
wombatmobile wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Australian aborigines managed a whole continent the size of the USA sustainably for 60,000 years. http://www.workingwithindigenousaustralians.info/content/His...

At an unimaginably low standard of living.

If you lack imagination and don't get out into nature much, you might not get it. But read Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn and you'll gain some understanding for how rich traditional aboriginal life was.

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Post by prebrov »

wombatmobile wrote: post #4
ebg13 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder. Have humans managed as a collective to do anything responsibly in their entire history?

Australian aborigines managed a whole continent the size of the USA sustainably for 60,000 years. http://www.workingwithindigenousaustralians.info/content/His...

They still ate all the megafauna within a couple thousand years of their arrival, and, arguably, significantly contributed to deforestation of the continent.

So, not that different from the Homo Sapiens anywhere else.

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Post by ioseph »

missedthecue wrote: post #6
wombatmobile wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Australian aborigines managed a whole continent the size of the USA sustainably for 60,000 years. http://www.workingwithindigenousaustralians.info/content/His...

At an unimaginably low standard of living.

I'd probably take it over the average lower class European's standard at the time.

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Post by anitil »

wombatmobile wrote: post #4
ebg13 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder. Have humans managed as a collective to do anything responsibly in their entire history?

Australian aborigines managed a whole continent the size of the USA sustainably for 60,000 years. http://www.workingwithindigenousaustralians.info/content/His...

I believe they did wipe out much of the mega fauna, so not necessarily sustainable in a modern sense.
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