Daniel Taylor <dante at argle.org> writes:

> 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?

Perhaps those aren't the limiting factors?
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