Co-Evolution of Sheep and Human across 11,000 years

[pique]

I dont understand--wool is the perfect fiber, useful for so many things. How can there be a lack of demand?

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@pique said in Co-Evolution of Sheep and Human across 11,000 years:

I dont understand--wool is the perfect fiber, useful for so many things. How can there be a lack of demand?

Nonstop sales pitches for new techno-plastic-miracle fibers that are “new and improved” every season. Especially in recreational / outdoor / sports gear.

[Axtremus]

Synthetic fibers cheaper than wool.

[AdagioM]

It’s hard to compete with inexpensive synthetics. It costs money to shear and process fleece, and we’ve lost a lot of mills in the past decade or two. Yes there’s a demand for wool, but people have to be willing to pay for it.

[Bernard]

“Over hundreds and hundreds of years, tame sheep have developed through human design,” she added, “so that it would become a wool-producing machine with ears and eyes, instead of an animal.”

That sounds like something peta would say. They are still animals, the use of the word 'instead' is not correct.

From the 13th to the 20th centuries, wool was a very important industry.

[RealPlayer]

Wool is super cozy and comfortable over a wide range of temperatures. For decades the preferred material for bicycle jerseys. I’d have more wool around if we didn’t have clothes moths lurking.

[Mary Anna]

Does the article say why we are still raising so many of them if we don't need the wool? For meat, milk, and cheese?

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@Mary-Anna said in Co-Evolution of Sheep and Human across 11,000 years:

Does the article say why we are still raising so many of them if we don't need the wool? For meat, milk, and cheese?

Piano hammers and felts!

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Sorry, that page didn’t reproduce well. Thought I had deleted it, hoping to try again later.

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Hopefully improved resolution