Reply #7: The resource base is in full collapse, and has been for years [View All]

[bhikkhu]

The recent oil shock just adds some punctuation to it. So its not really a matter of who gets to exploit it; in the first paragraph the problems with large-scale commercial fishing are touched on. The article covers one local problems that most people don't worry much about unless they are involved in the industry or involved in politics; but between climate change, energy problems, and resource depletion there are millions of people in various industries all over the world whose livelihoods are at risk. If the article's point is to argue that it is not the government's (the taxpayer's) responsibility, I'm not sure if the result is very different whichever side you choose. Europe doesn't really have much more money than we do to address the scale of the problem.