Nov 27 2008
The entire human population could live in Texas? Like hell it could!
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The notion that Texas can support the entire world population (and therefore overpopulation is a “myth”) has been used to champion the Far Right concept of endless human expansion and nature be damned. The persistence of this armchair fable requires someone to debunk its inherent lunacy. This is one attempt to do so, but with millions of I.Q.s hovering around room temperature, it’s no simple task.If anyone knows who first popularized “put ‘em all in Texas and you got no pop-U-lashun problem,” please post the details. One can only guess how many times it’s been repeated on AM radio for dummies.Do a search for “ecological footprint” (with maps) and you’ll find out how much land has lost its wild status to agriculture, rangeland, logging, mining, drilling, reservoirs, roads, industrial parks and the non-stop construction of houses.There are interactive land-use atlases online that contain volumes of data. The total human footprint as of 2008 is said to be 1.3 Earths; just a bit larger than Texas! The current population size is only possible because of fossil fuels and constant draw-downs of other resources.The Texas Hold ‘Em crowd also treats a projected global increase to 9+ billion (by 2050) as trivial. “Just put the rest in California. Ain’t got no traffic jams there!”Music: “The Gunfighter” Author: acavideo |
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