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Climate Doom Archive I: Polar Bears via @YouTube

Are whales becoming extinct. Are some species becoming extinct?

Grok: 1) No. 2) Yes
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Has some whale populations seen a rebound in modern times? (Noticable rebound)

Grok: Yes
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"Yes, several whale populations have shown clear, noticeable, and well-documented rebounds in modern times (post-1986 commercial whaling moratorium)."

Hans-Hermann Hoppe, overfishing and the absence of private property at sea. Could overfishing be curbed by privatizing the sea(s) (part of the sea)?

Grok: Yes
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"Yes, privatizing (or quasi-privatizing via secure, long-term, transferable quotas) parts of the sea is not only theoretically sound from a Hoppean/Austrian perspective "

..."— it is one of the few environmental policies that has a near-perfect track record of stopping and reversing overfishing wherever it has been seriously implemented. The main barriers today are political, not economic or biological."

"Hoppe’s proposed solution is straightforward: only private property rights create the correct incentives for sustainable use".

"If someone owns a portion of the sea (or the fishing rights to it), he will have every reason to manage the stock sustainably, just as a farmer manages his cattle herd or a forester manages his timber."

Privatize everything?

Even when we consider something “the common heritage of mankind”, there is always an appointed caretaker (to supposedly guards against spoilation), and that care taker has to act "as if"...
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"Has privatizing parts of the ocean actually worked in practice?

Yes — and remarkably well in several cases. The strongest real-world evidence comes from Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) and outright private or communal ocean ownership systems."

So it's not about fishermen being allowed to overfish, but about the states not allowing fishermen to own and/or homestead?

Grok: the state should get out of the way.
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"In every single case where the state gets out of the way and lets fishermen own, the tragedy of the commons disappears." - Grok

"In every major fishery where secure, transferable private or cooperative rights have been introduced, overfishing has been dramatically reduced or eliminated, and many stocks have rebuilt" .

"Counter-examples (where privatization failed) almost always involve poorly defined rights, insecure tenure, or political interference that undermined the property-right character of the quotas."

Moving away from the seas, but keeping the principle learned above: If Donald Trump truly wanted a golden age, what could he do in America to turn things around?
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"The core lesson from Hoppe's analysis of the seas—remove state prohibitions on homesteading and private ownership to end tragedies of the commons—translates directly to America's biggest challenges. "

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