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Natural erosion destroys orders of magnitude more wetland than spacex.

• squigz 2y ago
  Yeah and the key word there is "natural"
  • inglor_cz 2y ago
    Not for me. If natural outcomes of type X and frequency Y are tolerable to us and we don't fight them, it indicates that this sort of outcome should be tolerable in general.
    • serf 2y ago
      the method of action is an important variable as well. the wildlife of a wetlands that undergoes a drought has a chance to spring back once reintroduced to water. the wildlife of a wetlands that is chemically poisoned will not spring back to life without either lots of time or remediation efforts. 'on the box' both situations look the same : no wildlife -- but they're not. The reasons matter, more data than just statistical prevalence is needed here in order to assess the damage realistically in the attempt at scoring man-made disaster against natural disaster.
      • inglor_cz 2y ago
        This is a good correction, thank you. Yes, modality matters.