The last male northern white rhino

Re:The last male northern white rhino by notnot on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @02:33PM (#9541020)

Biology startup idea:

Since Rhino horn is just like keratin and dirt or something, design a process to create spot-on fake rhino horns and flood the market with them.

You would make lots of money at first and eventually drop the price of rhino horn to the point where it wouldn't be economically feasible to harvest real Rhino horn.

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Re:The last male northern white rhino by technotony on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @05:12PM (#9542015)

There are at least two startups working on this idea. eg http://synbiobeta.com/pembient-bioengineered-wildlife-produc...

Personally I think it's a bad idea, as it's demand which drives this not supply. fixing supply may only increase demand for the 'real thing' even more.

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Re:The last male northern white rhino by timc3 on Thursday May 14, 2015 @02:39AM (#9543744)

Exactly what will happen, more supply will create more demand, which in turn will create a demand for a premium product - the real thing

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Re:The last male northern white rhino by _lce0 on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @02:55PM (#9541170)

applied Gresham's law. Neat idea!

Bad rhino horns drives out good

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