[quote=EconProf]CA sends lots of fresh water out to the Pacific in order to save the endangered four-inch long Delta Smelt. That water could go to people if we chose to let the Delta Smelt die a natural death and disappear (like many other species do regularly).[/quote]
huh, don’t economist study data and statistics in order to spot trends?
if we expand the DATA set to natural AND un-natural death(s) of organisms and organized collectives, history shows…
saber tooth tiger
wooly mammoth
original people/society on easter island
flightless dodo
so what’s next?
the delta smelt??
the republican party???
NEXT we take at face value the standard “dogma” of economist which is, markets work!
AND if we apply the standard prospectus DISCLAIMER (which describe market returns)… Past Performance is Not Necessarily Indicative of Future Results!
as a scientist looking at the all the DATA, seems the inescapable bottom line logic is…
as for timeframe
[quote=creechrr]
… Most seem to believe that it’s all a management problem and there will always be more water.
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with current economic, environmental and political mis-management combined with public apathy/ADD/ADHD toward issues that could crash the system, the more likely scenario for “the end” seems to be much sooner rather than much later
