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? -- David Dyer-Bennet, <dd-b at dd-b.net>, <www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <noguns-nomoney.com> <www.dd-b.net/carry/> Photos: <dd-b.lighthunters.net> Snapshots: <www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <dragaera.info/> _______________________________________________ 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