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Erosion is not always wastage.
by whatisyour 3y ago
Erosion is not always wastage.
- mft_ 3y agoCould you expand? I'm interested in what you're getting at.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 3y agoI think he's referring to nature making less florida.
- actionfromafar 3y agoOTOH there's a case to be made for keeping florida diluted.
- idontknowifican 3y agoerosion actually creates nests for various sea birds
- wongarsu 3y agoErosion makes gravel and sand, which are quite useful. It also makes minerals and nutrients accessible to life. But we spend a lot of time and money managing erosion, and at the same time (often accidentally) create lots of erosion in other places. I doubt extracting tidal energy will have effects on a global scale, though it might cause some local changes
- bbor 3y agoFor a detailed discussion of “what is the environment, and what does preserving it look like?”, see the Red Mars trilogy. Very interesting questions about nature as aesthetic vs nature-in-its-own-right