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To: oliverdarcy
Is this the same world where everyone on it could be put in an area the size of France and still have a population density less than that of Mexico City?

/johnny

9 posted on 09/19/2012 3:16:01 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Yes. The world in which everyone could live in a four-bedroom house on a standard suburban lot, for a family of five, in the area of Texas and Oklahoma, and use the more fertile parts of the world for food and stuff.

Iirc, you have quite a large plot for just yourself ... and why shouldn’t you?


12 posted on 09/19/2012 3:24:10 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Use the nukes, Bibi!)
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To: JRandomFreeper

>>Is this the same world where everyone on it could be put in an area the size of France and still have a population density less than that of Mexico City?<<

That would be the case — but Texas is a better example (numbers rounded):

People in the world: 7 billion
Texas square miles: 270
People per square mile: 24,390
Feet per square mile: 27,878,400
Square Feet per person: 1200

So the entire population of the earth could fit in Texas with about 1200 square feet per person. If you group up families there is more than enough room.

In one state.


13 posted on 09/19/2012 3:28:37 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (We canÂ’t just leave it (food choice) up to the parents. -- moochele obozo 2/12/2012 (cnsnews))
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