Lol. Want a couple more facts to ponder?
Our environment is MUCH BETTER than it was in the 1950's. When I was a kid, our rivers were polluted as was our air. Today, we have deer, turkeys, ducks, etc. where yesterday there were none.
Also, as to your overpopulation projection. I need you to find a globe of the Earth, then find Rhode Island on that globe. Now, while looking at Rhode Island, understand that EVERY PERSON ON EARTH could fit in Rhode Island. I figure we have plenty of room left.
Mark
That's not true. However you can fit every living person into the State of Texas. That is a fact.
Wrong. Its true. If you don't believe me, do the math. It comes out to about 6 square feet per person.
Mark
Ummmm, the math I come with is .000788 square feet per person. You've only got 5,517,600 sq ft to parcel out. Placing a human at 4 square feet (i.e. 2 feet per side) and you need 28,000,000,000 square feet to put them all in.
There are single buildings bigger than 5 million sq feet, so your math is obviously wrong. According to Wiki, RI is 1214 square miles in area. 1 sq mile = 5280 X 5280 Sq Ft. That equals 27,878,400 sq ft. Multiply by 1214 and you get 33 billion sq ft - more than enough for the entire population of the world, even if you give each person 4 sq ft of space.
Yup, you're correct, I missed the decimal point and screwed up the calcs. I hate not being able to see!
So, when you look at a globe and figure all of us could fit into Rhode Island, does it change your perspective of what the planet can sustain?
Mark