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What a great oportunity for yet one more economic activity for people. Sad reality is that this economic activity would have no need if not the other econiomic

What a great oportunity for yet one more economic activity for people. Sad reality is that this economic activity would have no need if not the other econiomic actvities which have caused the problem in the first place. This starts to look like cutting down the forest and then replantig lesser version of it because it feels not so cozy on plain field...

eggsmediumrare 6y ago
Not sure why you're being downvoted. Apparently the wild bird feeding industry is worth $2 billion.
animal_spirits 6y ago
Well, we cut down the forests and built farms because we needed food to feed the growing population and economy of the young United States. Now we are seeing over time farms outside of cities being converted to suburbs with little to no habitat for birds. But hopefully over time as the suburbs mature, trees will grow taller and provide more habitat for birds.
- vincnetas 6y ago
  Yes, but the ultimate question is how much population is enough and are we capable of self limiting. Oposed to limits imposed from outside. Because with outside limits, it might be to late to keep balance for whole ecosystem, when we hit them (limits)
  - animal_spirits 6y ago
    Are you talking about Human population? Human population is forecasted to peak mid century and begin to decline as more women have access to education and contraception [0]. Many models are predicting this, however personally I'm not 100% sold on the models yet. I think trying to fight the population growth is just as infeasible as trying to move a mountain. I think we have better chances to fight ecological decline by educating the population on effects of overconsumption of goods, pollution, and energy use. [0] http://www.healthdata.org/news-release/lancet-world-population-likely-shrink-after-mid-century-forecasting-major-shifts-global http://www.healthdata.org/news-release/lancet-world-populati...

eggsmediumrare 6y ago

Not sure why you're being downvoted. Apparently the wild bird feeding industry is worth $2 billion.

animal_spirits 6y ago

Well, we cut down the forests and built farms because we needed food to feed the growing population and economy of the young United States. Now we are seeing over time farms outside of cities being converted to suburbs with little to no habitat for birds. But hopefully over time as the suburbs mature, trees will grow taller and provide more habitat for birds.

vincnetas 6y ago
Yes, but the ultimate question is how much population is enough and are we capable of self limiting. Oposed to limits imposed from outside. Because with outside limits, it might be to late to keep balance for whole ecosystem, when we hit them (limits)
- animal_spirits 6y ago
  Are you talking about Human population? Human population is forecasted to peak mid century and begin to decline as more women have access to education and contraception [0]. Many models are predicting this, however personally I'm not 100% sold on the models yet. I think trying to fight the population growth is just as infeasible as trying to move a mountain. I think we have better chances to fight ecological decline by educating the population on effects of overconsumption of goods, pollution, and energy use. [0] http://www.healthdata.org/news-release/lancet-world-population-likely-shrink-after-mid-century-forecasting-major-shifts-global http://www.healthdata.org/news-release/lancet-world-populati...