Interesting. WWF says lack of use in wine endangers them...
From 2006: http://www.ens-newsw...2006-05-15-01.asp
"The cork oak forests could face an economic and environmental crisis unless we take action to secure their future now," said Rebecca May, a forests campaigner at with WWF-UK. "It is vital that the wine and cork industries maintain the market for cork stoppers and in turn, help ensure the survival of the cork oak forests." Cheers, Scott. |
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Just like mahogany
People tried to "protect" mahogany and with no buyers you could no longer sell it. But nothing stopped you from burning it all down and grazing cattle that you could sell to McDonalds.
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Do-gooder projects very often produce bad results.
Do-gooders are generally highly committed single issue activists who ignore all the surrounding factors and even deny any that counter their pet project.
I recently read an article (Natural History or Smithsonian) by a person who actually participated in a project to save the savanna in Africa. It was supposedly degraded by elephants, so more than 40,000 elephants were shot. The immediate effect was accelerated degradation of the savanna. Many other do-gooder projects have had similar results. |
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His name's Allan Savory
that's something he did many years ago. He gave a TED talk about it: Re: http://www.ted.com/t...imate_change.html
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Thanx
Sheesh - had to edit a single word - it's late - obviously past my bed time - even though it's an hour earlier than usual.
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Very interesting, Jake. Thanks!
Alex
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I really wonder what's going on behind the scenes on Plan B.
- (Another Scott)
- (27)
- May 10, 2013, 04:00:55 PM EDT
perhaps because it is illegal to have consensual sex
- (boxley)
- (2)
- May 10, 2013, 04:39:15 PM EDT
Re: perhaps because it is illegal to have consensual sex
- (lincoln)
- (1)
- May 13, 2013, 08:38:17 AM EDT
BS
- (crazy)
- May 13, 2013, 11:36:58 AM EDT
Personally, I love Plan B.
- (CRConrad)
- (16)
- May 13, 2013, 06:18:03 PM EDT
$16.60 a bottle for a screw cap?!?! Yikes! :-)
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (14)
- May 13, 2013, 06:52:55 PM EDT
After so much...
- (folkert)
- May 13, 2013, 06:54:28 PM EDT
Screw caps are better than cork; even the new plastic "cork"
- (CRConrad)
- (12)
- June 11, 2013, 06:36:25 AM EDT
It is true that screw caps are far more reliable . . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (2)
- June 11, 2013, 07:13:12 AM EDT
Opening, true.
- (pwhysall)
- (1)
- June 11, 2013, 12:07:26 PM EDT
I haven't a problem there, provided . . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- June 11, 2013, 01:20:33 PM EDT
Screw caps are good. Boxes are better.
- (Another Scott)
- (8)
- June 11, 2013, 07:30:14 AM EDT
Cork trees endangered? Not likely.
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (6)
- June 11, 2013, 10:55:28 AM EDT
Interesting. WWF says lack of use in wine endangers them...
- (Another Scott)
- (5)
- June 11, 2013, 11:09:04 AM EDT
Just like mahogany
- (drook)
- (4)
- June 11, 2013, 11:27:17 AM EDT
Do-gooder projects very often produce bad results.
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (3)
- June 11, 2013, 01:35:06 PM EDT
His name's Allan Savory
- (jake123)
- (2)
- June 12, 2013, 01:05:37 AM EDT
Thanx
- (Andrew Grygus)
- June 12, 2013, 01:23:16 AM EDT
Very interesting, Jake. Thanks!
-NT
- (a6l6e6x)
- June 12, 2013, 08:47:30 PM EDT
Yeah, I knew you were.
- (CRConrad)
- June 14, 2013, 05:49:59 PM EDT
Oh wow...
- (folkert)
- May 13, 2013, 06:53:40 PM EDT
Amanda Marcotte at Women in Secularism - 2
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- May 18, 2013, 07:32:56 AM EDT
I don't know
- (drook)
- (1)
- May 18, 2013, 08:59:31 AM EDT
wouldnt need a girlfriend either
-NT
- (boxley)
- May 18, 2013, 01:26:18 PM EDT
Available to women of all ages. Finally.
- (Another Scott)
- (3)
- June 10, 2013, 10:36:38 PM EDT
The churches are slowly losing their control . . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (1)
- June 11, 2013, 12:31:31 AM EDT
Our future: cognitive dissonance.
- (Ashton)
- June 11, 2013, 01:24:24 AM EDT
Shiny! Over there!
- (hnick)
- June 11, 2013, 06:02:12 AM EDT
