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Article #1152Re: Can we learn something from Easter Island?
From: dave
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 10:50
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 10:50
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Don Libby <never.spam@tds.net> wrote in message news:3ff84377$1_2@newspeer2.tds.net... > "John Beardmore" <wookie@wookie.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > news:8JgPOToHXD+$EwiU@wookie.demon.co.uk... > > In article <3ff80a4b$1_3@newspeer2.tds.net>, Don Libby > > <never.spam@tds.net> writes > > > > Trade enhances resillience of local populations to local resource supply > shocks: local populations that trade (like people living on many > continuously inhabited south sea islands) are more sustainable (i.e. persist > over time without die-off) than local pops that don't trade (like the > pre-historic Easter Island population that did not trade, and consequently > did die-off). > As I understand it, the best evidence (sorry I can't point you to it right now) suggests that the Easter Isanders died out because they wrecked their soil by chopping down all the trees to help build some big statues and therefore couldn't grow enough food. d
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10607c,eba5dd365394555b X-Google-Attributes: gid10607c,public X-Google-Thread: 10df74,eba5dd365394555b X-Google-Attributes: gid10df74,public X-Google-Thread: 110a63,eba5dd365394555b X-Google-Attributes: gid110a63,public X-Google-Thread: fb58e,eba5dd365394555b X-Google-Attributes: gidfb58e,public X-Google-Thread: fd92c,eba5dd365394555b X-Google-Attributes: gidfd92c,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-01-08 03:00:12 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!fu-berlin.de!news-FFM2.ecrc.net!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!diablo.theplanet.net!news.theplanet.net!not-for-mail From: "dave" <david@samthecatspamex.co.uk> Newsgroups: ca.environment,uk.environment,talk.environment,sci.environment,alt.politics.greens Subject: Re: Can we learn something from Easter Island? Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 10:50:06 -0000 Lines: 24 Message-ID: <btjd7q$2a9$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk> References: <d82348eb.0312291003.5ec90bc5@posting.google.com> <j8d7vv03v28qu0do6m3bmuj907t4750igl@4ax.com> <d82348eb.0401030811.2a1df097@posting.google.com> <3ff70cd7_2@newspeer2.tds.net> <3FF7979F.64F4C523@attbi.com> <3ff80a4b$1_3@newspeer2.tds.net> <8JgPOToHXD+$EwiU@wookie.demon.co.uk> <3ff84377$1_2@newspeer2.tds.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 217.135.208.95 X-Trace: newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk 1073559610 2377 217.135.208.95 (8 Jan 2004 11:00:10 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 8 Jan 2004 11:00:10 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200