Neil Rest wrote:
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> Harry Pollard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >If we run out of something, we'll use something else. We are
> >a small species spread thinly across an enormous planet.
>
> Mr. Pollard, what planet is it that you are talking about? Out species
> consumes an immense fraction of the total biomass of Earth. (I could look
> up a more precise figure, but you can as easily.) A small example, off the
> top of my head: about half the total land area of the United States is used
> to raise beef for the extravagant American diet.
Technically, I think Harry is right. If my calculations are
correct, if we reduced all living humans to a homogenous paste and
spread it over the face of the entire earth, the coating
would be about .0002 inches thick.
\brad mccormick
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