Empty half the Earth of its humans. It's the only way to save the planet

UK Guardian ^ | March 20, 2018 | Kim Stanley Robinson

[snoringbear]

““Leave Texas out of this. We don’t want’em.... LOL! Agreed ... just sayin’ we could all fit here.“ Understand 😊. I live on the north perimeter of DFW. And, the area is literally exploding. Can’t build roads, apts, houses, etc, fast enough. I’m guessing that within the next five years or so there may not be any open country between the metroplex and the Red River 😝... ” Supposedly, the area in which I live, north side of DFW and on west toward Alliance Airport is in the serious running for Amazon 2. Campus is projected to eventually fill out at 50,000 employees. The tangential support companies and employees will probably double the number, maybe more. Personally,hope Amazon picks Austin, Atlanta, anywhere but here 😤...

[wetgundog]

Start with Socialists and Liberals. drop them in a Volcano

[equaviator]

Oh, okay...My “bad”.

[Stosh]

If one reads the whole thing (and that’s a chore), you eventually get to this crap:

“That includes technologies we call law and justice – the system software, so to speak. Yes, justice: robust women’s rights stabilise families and population. Income adequacy and progressive taxation keep the poorest and richest from damaging the biosphere in the ways that extreme poverty or wealth do. Peace, justice, equality and the rule of law are all necessary survival strategies.’

In other words, this thing is just a leftist’s wet dream, dressed up with a patina of environmental concern revolving around global warming fantasies to justify the whole operation. As usual, the left knows what’s best for all of us, and they’ve got just the system to make sure we go along with it too.

[wally_bert]

Telly Savalas tried to destroy crops in OHMSS.

[Buckeye McFrog]

The chilling thing is that there are people in high positions of power who absolutely believe this to be true.

[al_c]

but the citizens are bigger in texas....

Huh?

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Bkmrk.

[mkleesma]

“The entire population of the earth can fit in Texas with about 1,000 feet between each person. Just sayin’”

Thanks for that - I was thinking about that when I read the article, but couldn’t remember the distances between.

[Gay State Conservative]

OK...we'll start with China.Then we'll move onto North Korea,Iran and maybe a few other spots.If we kill everyone in China the amount of toxic fumes in the air would be cut by two-thirds worldwide.Anyone who's been to China in recent years (as I have) knows *that*.

[al_c]

I live on the north perimeter of DFW.

Likewise.

And, the area is literally exploding.

Prime example - Frisco. When I moved to Austin in '88, that little town was about 10,000 residents. When I moved back in '97 they had a giant shopping mall and the 4 lane intersection at 121/Preston with its blinking red light was a major highway interchange. Now it's almost 180,000 people.

Can’t build roads, apts, houses, etc, fast enough. I’m guessing that within the next five years or so there may not be any open country between the metroplex and the Red River 😝...

Yep ... it's gonna be nothing but city from Waxahachie all the way to Denison one of these days. Crazy!

[al_c]

Thanks for that - I was thinking about that when I read the article, but couldn’t remember the distances between.

Keep on reading ... I had to correct that number. Things have changed since I first read about that.

[DungeonMaster]

Is that Bill Nye the earth worship guy I hear?

[redgolum]

I grew up in a place where there were 10 people in a square mile. Five were my immediate family, and the other 5 were my uncle’s.

And that was in the “dense” part of the state. Where some family lives, there are ten people in 20 square miles.

Driving an hour for groceries is considered living close to town.

[ml/nj]

Did they let the Unabomer go?

ML/NJ

[teeman8r]

everything is bigger in... nevermind

[DungeonMaster]

The entire population of the earth can fit in Texas with about 1,000 feet between each person. Just sayin’

That would be ~25 people per square mile and would require 280,000,000 square miles. The entire earth's surface area including oceans is 196,000,000 square miles. Math is hard. Just sayin.

[Savage Beast]

Gas chambers?

[Da Coyote]

Heh, I can guess which half the Guardian crowd would like to eliminate.
We, of course, would chose the productive half. You know, the ones who didn’t have to resort to politics and journalism to make a living.

[mkleesma]

The entire population of the earth can fit in Texas with about 1,000 feet between each person. Just sayin’

OK, now I’ve got to pull out the calculator on this one...

Texas - approximately 7.5 trillion square feet
Current world population - approximately 7.5 billion.

That means 1000 sq, ft. for every man, woman and child, a plot of land measuring about 31.5 x 31.5 feet.