Tangential - but /should/ shipping rates be low? Doesn't it make sense for it to be expensive to move something from one side of the world to the other?
For example - invasive species, like Asian Carp. Would they be so prevalent fresh water bodies around the world if we shipped (by sea) as much as we have in the past?
Cost of labor. If it was cost prohibitive to ship across the world, wouldn't much more get manufactured locally? Wouldn't there be more attention to a living wage in developed countries?
Asian carp were intentionally brought to the US for aquaculture in the 1970s. Some of those fish then escaped into other bodies of water. The cost of ocean shipping had nothing to do with it.
Thank you for the response. In all seriousness, you are giving me an education on shipping that I did not have.
However, to my point, is it possible that invasive species would be less infested in freshwater areas had we as a species done much less sea based transport because it was cost prohibitive?
For example - invasive species, like Asian Carp. Would they be so prevalent fresh water bodies around the world if we shipped (by sea) as much as we have in the past?
Cost of labor. If it was cost prohibitive to ship across the world, wouldn't much more get manufactured locally? Wouldn't there be more attention to a living wage in developed countries?