Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Objective but stupid
Via Eurekalert:
Poorer rural Amazonians are going hungry despite living in one of the most biodiverse areas on the planet - a new study reveals.
The good part: The study doesn't mention "global warming" once. It describes the problem objectively. The problem is that the tribes who live along the river depend on fishing, and the Amazon floods regularly, washing the fish populations out toward the ocean.
The stupid part: Despite always means because. Biodiversity doesn't feed people. Cultivation of a few crops, or a few types of livestock, feeds people. Farming and biodiversity are opposites.
A better and more productive question would be: Earlier South American tribes like Maya and Aztec were MASTERS of hydro engineering. They covered the continent with catchbasins, reservoirs, and irrigation canals. They solved this exact problem in this exact place. Why hasn't the modern tribe carried on the tradition? Form a pond on higher terrain, stock it with fish. Control the inlet and outlet to add more fish when the fish are washing downstream. Can we teach this tribe to regain the old SKILLS?
Labels: Carbon Cult, skill-estate
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