On 7 Nov 2003, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > "Matthew S. Hallacy" <poptix at techmonkeys.org> writes: > > > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 03:01:42PM -0600, Tom Penney wrote: > > > > > > If everyone were like me the planet is STILL DOOMED! We better start > > > killing off a whole bunch of people if we are going to save this planet. > > > > > > CATEGORY ACRES > > FOOD 5.2 > > MOBILITY 1.2 > > SHELTER 4 > > GOODS/SERVICES 4.7 > > TOTAL FOOTPRINT 15 > > > > > > > > IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 24 ACRES PER PERSON. > > WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 4.5 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE ACRES PER PERSON. > > > > IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 3.4 PLANETS. > > > > > > And they wonder why people think they're zealots. > > Um, which part of their estimate do you think is incorrect? > > Or are you suggesting that because they're "zealots" it's all bad, > even if no particular part of it is actually incorrect? > What do they base it on? I spent about an hour browsing about their site trying to find out to no good effect. They are also _obviously_ mixing "arable land" resources (food) with industrial resources, not revealing the way they are doing it, and then providing a lie based on "arable land". What about fisheries? Tree farms (often on non-farmable land)? Mines and wells? Greenhouses? -- Daniel Taylor dante at argle.org Forget diamonds, Copyright is forever. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list