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this project that I'm doing is for my Econ class and I just recently realized that I probably chose one of the harder topics that was offered. This is a group project focusing on global enviornmental problems and we split it off into subgroups that the individuals would focus on. I of course chose the hardest topic (something on the terms of how saving the ecosystem would help the economy and/or how destroying the ecosystem would hurt the economy, and I would need some specific examples). from what rsl12 said about the whales this might be harder than I had previously assumed. Though, just thinking about the whale example a little more, hunting down all of the sperm whales would definately help the economy right now but over time the economy would go down farther than if we had not killed all of the whales, completely using up this natural resource. Saving the whales not only will allow more whales in the longrun to be killed and used as a natural resource but it also provides jobs for the people that are trying to save them. One more thing that saving the whales does is it circulates more money through the economy (as you know the economy will only go up with the amount of money that is spent in the economy not the amount that is saved). Thanks for the examples and resources also you are making me really think deep into this topic this is great! If you have any other information that you might think will help please post it.
Thanks again!
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