Reply #8: Once upon a time... [View All]

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There was a Norse colony in Greenland. They burned the trees to create pasture, ripped up the turf for buildings, and generally destroyed their environment.

In the end, between the little ice age and environmental degradation - along with some fights with the Inuit - the Norse colony died off. They ate their newborn calves, right down to the hooves. They ate their dogs. Evidence indicates they ran out of both food and fuel in the end.

Jared Diamond's book, Collapse of Complex Civilizations is a very worthwhile read. And there are parallels...just like this, from Hatrack.

Scary stuff. I think the next generation will despise us.