Why would having half the biomass necessarily be a bad thing from a system level view? Is that the point the entire ecosystem, or at least the humans/human civilization, spiral into a dead planet?
I see it in a similar light to “would you rather have more or fewer cells in your body?”. If you made me choose I probably would rather have more, but only insofar as having fewer might be associated with certain bad things (e.g. losing a limb).
Correspondingly, I don’t care intrinsically about e.g. how much algae exists except insofar as that amount being too high or low might cause problems in things I actually care about (such as human lives).
Why would having half the biomass necessarily be a bad thing from a system level view? Is that the point the entire ecosystem, or at least the humans/human civilization, spiral into a dead planet?
Would you rather have more biomass or less?
I see it in a similar light to “would you rather have more or fewer cells in your body?”. If you made me choose I probably would rather have more, but only insofar as having fewer might be associated with certain bad things (e.g. losing a limb).
Correspondingly, I don’t care intrinsically about e.g. how much algae exists except insofar as that amount being too high or low might cause problems in things I actually care about (such as human lives).