Re:Half-Earth
by dncjnfdnc on Sunday March 13, 2016 @03:07AM
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They already are allocated that way, just not in a nice, organized manner. Humans take up much less space on planet earth than you'd initially expect.
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Re:Half-Earth
by barkingcat on Sunday March 13, 2016 @05:04AM
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If you only count individual human beings you are severely undercounting
In addition to agriculture & food production, transportation (road+rail), strip/open pit mines, and you have just take a look at
https://karolinanwk.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/garbagepatch...
Food production takes up almost half of the planet's land surface and threatens to consume the fertile land that still remains, scientists warn.
The global impact of farming on the environment is revealed in new maps, which show that 40 percent of the Earth's land is now given over to agriculture.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/12/1209_051209_...