Re:We should build for wildlife as well as people
by raxxorrax on Thursday July 29, 2021 @09:38AM
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Maybe the ultra-greens are against urbanization and I think there is merit to that. But the other topics don't really fit.
You can put every living human on Sicily and still have space. The problem is that 99% would have died of thirst after a few days.
I think today is earth overshoot day, so we used resources the earth could recoup within a year. That problem isn't solved with everyone moving into cities, it is externalities and our resource consumption. Maybe cities are a few percent more efficient, but it doesn't really matter that much. Cities are also relatively unhealthy in most cases. Living expectation are countered by the proximity of medical professionals perhaps.
You can put every living human on Sicily and still have space. The problem is that 99% would have died of thirst after a few days.
I think today is earth overshoot day, so we used resources the earth could recoup within a year. That problem isn't solved with everyone moving into cities, it is externalities and our resource consumption. Maybe cities are a few percent more efficient, but it doesn't really matter that much. Cities are also relatively unhealthy in most cases. Living expectation are countered by the proximity of medical professionals perhaps.
edit: It is indeed today:
https://www.overshootday.org/