Those numbers are bad.
Actually, 75% of the Earth's surface is wetlands waiting to be drained.
Posted on 12/04/2002 7:27:37 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Edited on 04/13/2004 3:30:01 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Despite population growth, logging and other environmental threats, nearly half the land on Earth remains wilderness -- undeveloped and nearly unpopulated, according to a study released today. The study by 200 international scientists, the most comprehensive analysis ever done on Earth's wild places and population trends, was seen by some experts as a surprising cause for optimism. Biologists also viewed it as a warning, since only 7 percent of the wilderness is protected.
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...and I wonder what percentage of that is ruled by inner city gangs ;^)
Ain't hubris grand...
They are correct. Unfortunately the only scientists that God intended to discover these hidden treasures were murdered in the womb by the same people who supported this study
Why is it that the only creation environmentalists won't protect is the human baby?
God Save America (Please)
I vote for snuffing out mosquitoes.
God put us here to be good stewards. If good stewardship requires removing some pests or cutting some jungle then we had better be getting on with it. We don't want to be derelict in our duties now do we?
GSA(P)
If we subdivided all of the land area of Texas into half acre lots, every human being in America could live in Texas, alone on their own half acre lot, with room left over for another 46,610,024 people.
That is how sparsely populated this country really is.
Why waste a half-acre for each person?
Alcatraz managed to fit two whole people into a 4 x 8 foot cell.
Funny that some people equate crowding with punishment and loss of freedom.
My point was, humans are not overrunning the earth like the enviro wack jobs would like us to believe.
"A world to win; an empire to build!"
Kahn, from the old Star Trek series.
Those numbers are bad.
Actually, 75% of the Earth's surface is wetlands waiting to be drained.
Man, that's gonna be some drain!
With sufficient global warming, we should be able to pump it through the hole at the North Pole without the pipes freezing, and into the hollows of the Earth.
As the sea levels drop, we may be aided in the endeavor by recovered Lemurian technology. Assuming, of course, we aren't thwarted in the attempt by the reawakened, cryogenic Celts.
We will farm, ranch, mine, pillage and plunder the other planets later.
Boy, do I know this. I remember flying over Michigan with an engine that had a really nasty rattle at high RPM. As I kept a mental note of possible places to land, the pickins were pretty slim most of the time.
Not at all, we only need 20% wilderness!
We need to harvest timber, build more fish hatcheries, recend the ESA, drill for oil in that vast wasteland called ANWR and also drill for oil off shore on all of our coasts!
Plus, every family needs to own an SUV with a V-8 engine!
Property Rights...Bump!
Stop the attacks on our Freedoms by the wacko, extreme left-wing, lunatic fringe, dirt worshipping Green Jihadist, enviro-nazis terrorist's and their toadies in the media!
Protect The Forest...Eradicate The Greenies!
Fighting Irresponsible Radical Environmentalism!
Freedom Is Worth Fighting For!
Let's Roll!
Molon Labe!
Well, we all know how well THAT turned out...eeewww! Earwigs!
I see you have bought into the liberal PC claim that we are destroying the environment by cutting down trees and developing areas. This is hogwash! There are more trees in North America today then there was when the pilgrims came over in the Mayflower. Every time we have a storm and lighting starts a forest fire we rush to put it out before it can do much damage. This didn't happen hundreds of years ago. When lighting started a forest fire back then it burned until it ran out of fuel or a rainstorm put it out.
I would say we probably have too many trees in the world today, not too few.
Two points: one, that would remove any doubt that Texas is the premier football state in the world; two, I would no longer enjoy the drive from Dallas to El Paso, unless there was a 120 lane freeway in both directions!
Just think what a metropolis Monahans would be!!! LOL!
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