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This seems a little overblown when put into context... Commercial fishing kills 300k cetaceans annually. [1] For contrast, at the peak of Japanese whaling, les
by ericdykstra 7y ago
This seems a little overblown when put into context...
Commercial fishing kills 300k cetaceans annually. [1] For contrast, at the peak of Japanese whaling, less than 40k were killed per annum[2]
China alone, in 2010, had 8.8 million metric tons of mismanaged plastic waste came from China with an estimated 3.53 million metric tons of it ending up in the ocean. [3] What happens when cetaceans lose their only environment to pollution?
I'm a conservationist, myself, but I feel so much energy of conservationists is misdirected at things of little consequence (banning plastic straws is an international debate among first world countries), whereas many of the big issues (unsustainable fossil fuel use and farming techniques) is ignored.
1. http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?281850/Bycatch-is-the-biggest-killer-of-whales http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?281850/Bycatch-is-the-biggest...
2. https://www.organicauthority.com/energetic-health/commercial-fishing-killing-whales https://www.organicauthority.com/energetic-health/commercial...
3. https://www.statista.com/chart/12211/the-countries-polluting-the-oceans-the-most/ https://www.statista.com/chart/12211/the-countries-polluting...
- sametmax 7y agoThings like this are more a reflect of a general spirit, and fought as a symbol.
- stareatgoats 7y agoOr outright diversions from the real issues. But more often just plain ignorance among the public. Among journalists too, but if a narrative is not rooted in public conceptions then it dies. On a deeper level, probably an effect of click-chasing web news. Or at least seriously exasperated by.
- deogeo 7y ago> banning plastic straws Can be viewed as the first step to banning all/most non-degradable/plastic packaging. Which is not a small problem, e.g.: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/05/people-eat-at-least-50000-plastic-particles-a-year-study-finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/05/people-e...