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Posted by Matt W. Barrow on March 31, 2008, 12:10 am
> On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:56:32 -0700, "Matt W. Barrow"
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>>>> Does anyone think about how much land gets covered by blessed housing
>>>> starts each year?
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>>In total, the US housing accounts for about 6% of total land area.
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> IMO that is about an order of magnitude high.
More than likely, but it's everything from major metro areas, suburbia, to
small rural communities.
Probably "residential" would be a more apt term - homes and the supporting
area (commercial, streets, infrastructure, etc.).
IIRC, 90% of the population of Canada lives within 100 miles of the
Canadian-US border.
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Posted by PeterD on March 29, 2008, 2:39 pm
On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:25:46 -0700 (PDT), Enough Already
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>Economic growth: the endless replacement of nature with people.
Another misinformed person: it is supposed to be: "Population growth:
the endless replacement of nature with people."
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Posted by George Conklin on March 29, 2008, 4:19 pm
> On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:25:46 -0700 (PDT), Enough Already
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> >Economic growth: the endless replacement of nature with people.
>
> Another misinformed person: it is supposed to be: "Population growth:
> the endless replacement of nature with people."
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One problem here: people are very much a part of nature, and throughout the
history of our planet, life has made life possible, not the other way
around.
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Posted by jloomis on March 29, 2008, 9:33 pm
The real problem is the "addiction to oil" and our being brought up in a
world where there was "no limit" on the supply of gasoline at the station.
We moved farther and farther away from the cities, built more and more
highways, built huge "box stores" all on freeway, and driving distances from
home and work. Our dependancy on single occupancy vehicles, and trips to
the store for a "carton of milk" or such......will all come to an end.
Too bad with our resources a viable source of "transportation for the many"
was not ever conceived....
I am not the "Pot calling the kettle black either" I drive a diesel pick-up
and use it for my work. When I bought the truck in 1999 diesel was about
1.65 a gallon. It is now 4.17..................Higher than gasoline.
Truckers are having to fill up with 1000.00 dollar bills!
The cost of freight, airlines, mail delivery, milk, flour, all is going up.
Just the other day the price of rice worldwide went up 30% (fuel cost rise)
There needs some serious attitude change and especially in the
Government.........
We the People need some leadership, to help right this train that fell off
the tracks.......
All of us are in this together, and the sooner we realize the problem, the
sooner we can and should come up with solutions......
Transportation, and our lifestyle are the biggest factors.......
just some thoughts.........oh well.
jloomis
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>> On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:25:46 -0700 (PDT), Enough Already
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>> >Economic growth: the endless replacement of nature with people.
>>
>> Another misinformed person: it is supposed to be: "Population growth:
>> the endless replacement of nature with people."
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> One problem here: people are very much a part of nature, and throughout
> the
> history of our planet, life has made life possible, not the other way
> around.
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Posted by George Conklin on March 30, 2008, 9:22 am
> The real problem is the "addiction to oil" and our being brought up in a
> world where there was "no limit" on the supply of gasoline at the station.
Modern economies do not relay on the human back to do the heavy lifting.
We do not rely on horses to move produce. So?
> We moved farther and farther away from the cities,
This is a flat-out lie. In 2006 for the first time half the human
population worldwide was urbanized. Cities are growing because there are
fewer and fewer (in percentage terms too) rural dwellers. Half of all USA
counties are LOSING population.
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