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    Das unglaubliche Schrumpfen des Aralsees


    Das unglaubliche Schrumpfen des Aralsees



    Von vladgrinch

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    2. JohnnieTango on

      If I may say something unpopular but true, the cause of the declining levels is the diversion of river water for irrigation. The bad that the drying of the Aral Sea has caused should be weighed against the good that the increase in arable land caused by this diversion. Uzbekistan in particular would be much poorer without the irrigating waters. Also to be considered is how the North Aral Sea Project made legit progress in undoing a part of the ecological damage at a relatively low cost.

      It would all be rather hard to calculate…

    3. quercus-88 on

      Ah .. the wonders of a centrally planned communist economy. Where no one dared to contradict the party line. Even if if the decision was to sacrifice the third largest lake in the world simply to grow cotton in arid areas.

    5. Paledonn on

      The USSR did this. It is proof that a communist economy is not necessarily better on the environment than a capitalist one. The USSR didn’t shy away from polluting heavy industry either.

    6. Tall-Log-1955 on

      This gif is the correct response to the common claim that capitalism destroys the environment. Humans destroy the environment, doesn’t matter if they are capitalist or not.

    10. tokeiito14 on

      Many people don’t know that this lake tends to disappear and reappear during the course of history. For instance, it was gone in the 15th century, too

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