The Earth is probably at the point where she decides that the symbiotic relationship has turned into a parasitic one, and its time to rid herself of the parasite...
-Mark -----Original Message----- From: Stephen A. Lawrence [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 7:48 PM To: Vortex-L Subject: Re: [Vo]:OT: Snowstorms in the Midwest Nick Palmer wrote: > Do the math. Divide the land surface of Earth by the current > population. It works out that the "share" of Earth's surface each > human has is a square of land 150 metres (165 > yards) on a side. Within this patch we have to cast our personal > environmental shadow... That's incredible! Of course, you're correct, and it's simple arithmetic, but I had never seen it expressed that way before. That's just 5.5 acres of dry land per person -- and if you leave out desert, ice caps, mountaintops, and other marginal land it's even less. I find it simply amazing that we are managing to support that population density on this planet. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.9.19/1859 - Release Date: 12/20/2008 2:34 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.9.19/1859 - Release Date: 12/20/2008 2:34 PM
