Every time, really? Like every single time?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_pigeon
This kind of short-sighted hubris is why we are on the cusp of ecological collapse.
Parent commenter should have said "every time something becomes scarce and highly-valued," although I'm sure there are exceptions to that as well.
Passenger pigeons weren't really a resource and wikipedia page says they were mostly driven to extinction by deforestation for land use and lumber and fuel... which are resources.
Re:Most sushi fish isn't fresh
by aaronblohowiak on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @06:09PM
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Weren't a resource? How so? Why were they hunted then?
Yeah you're right, without market forces we never would have built those blue whale farms.
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When blue whale blubber became scarce we .... switched to a new fuel. So that's actually confirmation of my point.
Once prices go up, people will figure out how to farm tuna, and then they will no longer be scarce.
A single tuna can lay 6 million eggs. You don't need that many to supply the entire worlds demand for it.