Chapter 759 There are two trees in front of the door, one is...
The entire rise and fall process of Easter Island seems extremely objective to the entire human society, so objective that it is somewhat indifferent.
This isolated island has become an excellent "experimental field".
Before modern times, there were no outsiders on Easter Island. The sediments at the bottom of the ponds on this remote island had not been disturbed at all . The surface layer is the closest to the present, and the bottom layer is the farthest from the present.
In the 1990s, latecomers who had benefited from the technological boom conducted explorations and, by studying the distribution of plant pollen in the sediments at the bottom of the island's ponds, they were able to gain a very calm and clear view of the entire process of more than a thousand years.
Faced with all the evidence, it was like sitting in front of a TV and watching the entire process of the island changing from a lush forest to a sparse grassland.
We also know exactly what the islanders eat. The most direct evidence can be found by analyzing the garbage dumps on the island where garbage and bones are stored. It is not necessary to find a complete dolphin skeleton to confirm that it is a dolphin. We only need to sequence it to determine what animal it is.
It is the use of these modern technologies that has caused a previously mysterious island to gradually lose its mystery, revealing a kind of cursed doom.
Without metal, the island's indigenous inhabitants could only make do with Stone Age tools, so for 1,300 years, more advanced farm tools, weapons, and ships did not appear, and external expansion was impossible.
The people of Easter Island blindly worshipped the stone statues, which also consumed huge resources and accelerated the complete collapse of the island's social structure.
“Perhaps it can be said that once a closed ecosystem begins to decline due to human consumption, it will never have a chance to rise again. It will just keep falling, in a vicious cycle.”
Bifang stopped and looked at the stone statue beside him.
"Now many anthropologists, sociologists and environmentalists are very interested in the past of Easter Island, because they always feel that it may indicate the future destiny of mankind."
Is this alarmist?
Nobody knows the answer.
From another perspective, if the area of Easter Island is enlarged 1,000 times and the population of the island is enlarged a million times, it can almost be regarded as the Earth.
If later generations also look at it from the perspective of God, if there are highly intelligent life on the island of Earth.
Is there a lack of key geographical conditions for development here?
Aren’t its natural resources also limited?
Isn't it also isolated in the ocean of the universe?
Doesn't it also have no exchange of resources with other planets?
So will its future be an enlarged version of Easter Island?
[It’s terrifying when you think about it! ]
[My brain is not working well, the doctor told me to eat and drink, and not to think too much]
[Such a huge mental pressure is not something that a primary school student like me should bear. This kind of thing should be a headache for sociologists (dog head)]
[Let me think about what to eat tonight]
[I don’t know how to remove dust or wax the surface of satellites, nor do I know how to design planets, maintain the global oceans, repair and reinforce the melting glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic, and I don’t know how to refurbish nuclear warheads. But today is Thursday, if you give me 50 yuan, I will help you eat KFC]
"Yes, let anthropologists and sociologists worry about this problem. I just want to cut down a suitable tree to make a boat."
Bifang smiled.
In fact, the disasters suffered by the residents of Easter Island were not limited to this. In 1862, eight pirate ships visited here, captured all the natives who could be slaves and took them on board, taking away a full thousand people, which was half of the population.
These thousand people were all men, including the chief himself and his children, and no one was spared.
At that time, the smallpox virus was rampant, and like the Indians, the indigenous people here had no antibodies. It was not until 1865 when a French missionary landed on the island that he counted the number of people and found that there were less than 500 people left on the entire Easter Island.
In the next 10 years, many of the remaining people followed the caravans to Tahiti to make a living.
By 1877, 15 years after the massive slavery devastation, the island's population was counted and only 111 people were found.
The population of Easter Island dropped drastically: more than 20,000, more than 2,000, more than 1,000, less than 500, and finally only 111 people.
It was not until April 5, 1888, which was also Easter, that the Chilean government announced the occupation of Easter Island . What followed was continuous immigration, construction, and farming. Until now, an Easter Island focused on tourism has been presented to the world.
An isolated island may not necessarily present what is described in "Peach Blossom Spring": "The land is flat and spacious, the houses are neat, there are fertile fields, beautiful ponds, mulberry trees and bamboos. There are roads and paths connecting the fields, and the sounds of chickens and dogs can be heard."
The more likely scenario is a repeat of the tragedy on Easter Island.
"The trees on the island now are mostly those that arrived at the end of the 20th century, after the tourism industry started to flourish. They are probably less than 30 years old at most, so naturally there won't be any giant trees."
"However, some trees were transplanted here just because they were large enough..."
Bifang stopped and looked at the resort in front of him.
As a world-renowned tourist destination, Easter Island naturally has many tourist hotels, which are quite luxurious. Many packages cost thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars. After all, tourists who are willing to pay tens of thousands for air tickets and fly thousands of miles here don’t mind spending a little more money to enjoy good services.
If it were cheaper, these people would feel it was not worth it.
The reason why Bifang stopped here was because this resort was a little different.
There are two big trees at its entrance, one is a palm tree and the other is also a palm tree...
Can these two trees be cut down?
Bifang was a little moved.
After a short tour of the island, I realized that it is impossible to find palm trees that have grown naturally to a large enough size. The only options are to find mature trees that have been transplanted.
The two trees at the entrance of the resort were undoubtedly transplanted. They are quite tall, at least over fifteen meters in height. Usually a ten-meter-tall palm tree takes nearly twenty years to grow. A fifteen-meter-tall palm tree cannot be grown without a tree age of more than thirty years.
In addition, Easter Island is very far away. If you want to transplant trees here, not to mention the price of the trees themselves, the shipping cost alone is extremely high, which shows that this resort is doing very good business.
There are so many short trees on the island, but the two trees in front of the resort are extremely tall, which is refreshing and adds a touch of grandeur, just like the Welcoming Pine on Mount Huangshan.
Good material!
Bifang reached out and touched the bark of the tree. It was rough and wide, and the leaves were shady and growing well. It was obvious that the tree was well cared for.
Recalling what the officials had said to him in Santiago, they patted their chests and said, "You want to use the trees on the island to make a boat? No problem, just cut them down. As long as they are on the island, it's okay to cut them all down!"
People can't just go back on their words, right?
