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Actually it should be possible to construct a model of oil quantity as if oil was a self-replicating being. After all, we are talking about conservation of matter (and matter-energy conversion which I suppose is negligible here). In this sense, oil self-replicates as animals (that have consumed the benefits of oil) die off, and fossilize over billions of years. That's just P(t) - C(t) + K for P = production, C = cons…
Maybe the proper solution is to increase the production? I found a much better article on bluefin tuna troubles in Scientific American - indeed there are attempts to farm tuna: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=bluefin-tuna-in-peril BTW that's also one of the reasons why I think predicting populations 40 years in advance is hard. Even for a good model assumptions can change. And for systems of nonlinear differentia…
Re: Bluefin Tuna on the Verge of Extinction?
#11IMHO, the "best" countermeasure is the most inconvenient one, which is not only inconvenient on personal levels, but also on social levels. The inconvenience is evident in another posting on this thread and extends to areas beyond tuna -- which is why I am bearish on whole matter (just imagine the number of people with that sentiment), even if you increase production.