Quote:
Originally Posted by gobytron
To be honest, it's because I feel at this point, anything is going to be too little too late.
At the end of the day, I firmly believe we won't have much in the way of marine aquatic life sometime in the next 50 years.
Whether its global warming or acidification the signs are already apparent that this is a sick ecosystem...
Short of some technological miracle solution...we're probably the last reefers one way or the other...
Do you really think millions of people feed their families from this hobby?
That's a lot more than I would guess.
|
I tend to agree with you, although I would give it a longer timeline, probably more like 100 years, maybe 200. Earth is resilient, look at what it has put up with already. I think it would be interesting to look into the future and see Earth's human population 1000 years from now.
Do I think that millions of people feed their families through the aquarium trade? The entire aquarium trade, yes. Not so many just in the MO trade. Think of all the collectors (corals, fish, rock), wholesalers, shippers, LFS owners and employees, captive breeders, biologists, equipment manufacturers. Not all of them rely on the MO trade 100%, but for many of them it makes a big portion of their livelihood.
06-01-2013, 09:49 PM
Threaded Mode
