[Coral-List] Dendrogyra and why we aren't saving the reefs

[Nohora Galvis]

Good point against capitalism !! The idea that you born to have money,
a car, many kids (heirs) and travel in airplanes around the world
devastating natural resources it is agaisnt sustainable development,
if it such "Sustaianble concept" may apply one day.

Unfortunately, many of the current coral restoration projects are only
in terms of Blue Economy, "Shadow Projects" working to justify
unsustainable development as dredging to
destroy coral reefs allowing large ships or vessels to enter the beautiful
"pristine" islands and "protected marine areas" to pollute them with
chemicals, bacteria, fungus and viruses.

2021-06-12 12:01 GMT-05:00, David Blakeway via Coral-List
<coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>:
> Hi Neus,
> I like your perspective. A stable or declining population,
> with equal opportunity for all, would be a great thing (the linked website
> predicts global population levelling out at 11 billion by 2100).
> There might be significant forces opposing those ideals though,
> particularly within the US-led culture of anything-goes capitalism. One
> bizarre thing occurring now is that many of the world's wealthiest people
> are investing heavily in life extension technology, with the stated aim of
> solving death. That won't happen in the immediate future, but there doesn't
> seem any intrinsic reason preventing it - senescence and death is just (I
> guess) a biochemical/mechanical process. If and when death is overcome the
> treatment is likely to be so expensive that it will only be taken up by the
> few people who have the money AND the self-entitlement. That won't be good
> for the earth.
> It would be great to imagine we could develop a world government to promote
> equality - something Albert Einstein and others campaigned for after WWII -
> but that doesn't seem realistic. I do however like your 'global
> organization through communication' angle. Perhaps that could propagate the
> message that extreme capitalism is unworthy of respect.
> David
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