Jacksonville Florida has 23 billion square feet of land. If you gave everyone 2 square ft of space to stand on, the entire population of the Earth can fit into Jacksonville.
Really tired of the concerns of overpopulation.
With the correct infrastructure the Earth can easily sustain over fifty billion.
The area of United States of America in square feet is 103671742065706.34375.
Over 50 trillion people can stand side by side.
I’m just putting out these numbers so that people see the outrageous claims that the Earth is getting or is overpopulated.
Dear friends, Can we try to be a little less anthropocentric when discussing population? It may save us in the end. Please consider that we're just one among 9 million species.
Encourage people to read 2 books. Patrick Moore's "Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom" and Matt Ridley's "How Innovation Works, and Why It Flourishes In Freedom". One deals with the ever present predictions of catastrophic events that never occur, and the other deals with the innovation that occurs and frequently is over looked by catastrophists who fail to consider the value of innovation for the purpose of human flourishing in a free society.
Such important points. Jennifer, I'm excited to see you're here on Substack and abashed that I didn't realize this earlier. I'd love to get you on my #sustainwhat webcast soon to dig deeper on the dynamics and issues you've explored here. These are questions I reported on for a long time at The New York Times and now here on Substack as well: https://revkin.substack.com/p/as-the-human-population-tops-8-billion I'll be in touch shortly!
Having just returned from an extended stay in an EU Country to the US--looking at world population through these lenses (and how country and economic policy affect country-by-country population and sustainability) is so fascinating and helpful for really understanding the world we live in. Thank you for this great intel.
Thanks for sharing the impressive skills in long division. These preternatural powers of analysis are what the world needs to solve our complex problems.
I don't have any confidence we'll ever reach 10 billion in world population. Accelerating climate change along with the dramatic increase in species extinction will lead to chaos, starvation, conflict, violence and the deaths of countless millions.
Jacksonville Florida has 23 billion square feet of land. If you gave everyone 2 square ft of space to stand on, the entire population of the Earth can fit into Jacksonville.
Really tired of the concerns of overpopulation.
With the correct infrastructure the Earth can easily sustain over fifty billion.
The area of United States of America in square feet is 103671742065706.34375.
Over 50 trillion people can stand side by side.
I’m just putting out these numbers so that people see the outrageous claims that the Earth is getting or is overpopulated.
Dear friends, Can we try to be a little less anthropocentric when discussing population? It may save us in the end. Please consider that we're just one among 9 million species.
https://scaledown.substack.com/p/two-compelling-reasons-to-end-human
https://scaledown.substack.com/p/falling-birds
Encourage people to read 2 books. Patrick Moore's "Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom" and Matt Ridley's "How Innovation Works, and Why It Flourishes In Freedom". One deals with the ever present predictions of catastrophic events that never occur, and the other deals with the innovation that occurs and frequently is over looked by catastrophists who fail to consider the value of innovation for the purpose of human flourishing in a free society.
I worry for the more than human world being able to sustain itself under the assault of human ignorance and greed.
Such important points. Jennifer, I'm excited to see you're here on Substack and abashed that I didn't realize this earlier. I'd love to get you on my #sustainwhat webcast soon to dig deeper on the dynamics and issues you've explored here. These are questions I reported on for a long time at The New York Times and now here on Substack as well: https://revkin.substack.com/p/as-the-human-population-tops-8-billion I'll be in touch shortly!
The "right government" is none. Phooey to the Malthusians. Mind your own business.
Having just returned from an extended stay in an EU Country to the US--looking at world population through these lenses (and how country and economic policy affect country-by-country population and sustainability) is so fascinating and helpful for really understanding the world we live in. Thank you for this great intel.
Perhaps of interest...... https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357430417_Human_population_activity_the_primary_factor_that_has_precipitated_a_climate_emergency_biodiversity_loss_and_environmental_pollution_on_our_watch
Interesting to hear and see the actual numbers which helps in developing an informed opinion.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/367821038_A_Case_for_Limiting_Total_Food_Production_for_Human_Consumption?_sg%5B0%5D=alNGc7v5lEbc5SrAUI2_w4msqCxiwzTZDPEBYY_YA1zcittEydwYy3dqGRO_YkQlfzMTDbmsqroY7M99FcqPAG7veX0E8bN06fsYffo7.5s2Zw3nepHH21ngOwsE04V4VqCvzsqMG2Xs0hrsWLJI7jssHJQ_B2rhgOXEAzC3zilULmCwuL8gAfJDQtd16zA
Thanks for sharing the impressive skills in long division. These preternatural powers of analysis are what the world needs to solve our complex problems.
I don't have any confidence we'll ever reach 10 billion in world population. Accelerating climate change along with the dramatic increase in species extinction will lead to chaos, starvation, conflict, violence and the deaths of countless millions.