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Re:The Case for Making Humans Smaller by DrScump on Sunday November 15, 2015 @05:02AM (#10569146)
Land is hardly the most limiting resource; in fact, it's well down the list, below: - fresh water - food - waste carrying capacity (waterways, atmosphere) - physical resources (metals, wood, concrete, oil and other energy forms)

Heck, there's even a worsening shortage of sand suitable for construction use, worldwide: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/05/opinion/why-sand-is-disapp...

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Re:The Case for Making Humans Smaller by paulsutter on Sunday November 15, 2015 @07:49AM (#10569473)
A better source of energy solves any limitations on water and food. And "waste carrying capacity" is another term for pollution - as I said there are better ways to manage pollution.

Yes that takes technology, but the problem is mismanagement of resources, we aren't running out.

"The situation we’re in isn’t a looming wall that we’re doomed to crash into. It’s a race – a race between depletion and pollution of natural resources on one side, and our pace of innovation on the other."

- http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/the-limits-of...

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Re:The Case for Making Humans Smaller by cheez on Sunday November 15, 2015 @06:11AM (#10569283)
Haha, we use up EVERYTHING.
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