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Re:75% decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass ... by mschuster91 on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:46PM (#15504570)
> Perhaps this is a sign that the freshwater in the ground is going away.

Now look what Nestle/other food giants, but also slaughterhouses and animal farms, do: they use groundwater with private wells, and they extract more water than can be replenished... boom.

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Re:75% decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass ... by WillReplyfFood on Thursday October 19, 2017 @04:46AM (#15506408)
I wonder if sabotaging such private wells, by conrecte blocking parts of the aquifying layer would constitute as self-defense.
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Re:75% decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass ... by mschuster91 on Thursday October 19, 2017 @06:52AM (#15506849)
Most likely not, and you risk disruption of underground water flows by injecting huge amounts of concrete into the ground...
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