Friday, June 11, 2010

We are ruining the earth....right?

Here is a fascinating article that puts the human impact on the earth in perspective.

Click here.

Some of the points:

  • If we were to feed the current population with the farming methods of the 1960s, we would need to cultivate 82% of the land surface of the earth rather than the current 34%.
  • If the population of the earth became hunter-gatherers, we would need 54 earths to support them.

Enjoy!

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