> > Is the boat full already, with 1/50 of the pop.density of Europe?

> And with perhaps 1/50 or less the the amount of arable land as well.

Wrong by a factor of 500:  10 times, not 1/50.

Arable land (square meters) per inhabitant:

     Canada     14762
     USA         6426
     France      1833
     Germany     1441
     Switzerland  570

(calculated from http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/geo_lan_use_ara_lan )
                 http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/geo_pop_den


>  Most of the good agricultural class A land is being paved over.

Same here...  and golf courses up into the small valleys because the
world market price for food is too low!


> If they were PLA it would be one thing if they were camera toting
> tourists it is another.

What if the Indians had said this too, from 1492 on...

Chris




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