Interesting, but the first thing I thought of is do they really think they can convince or impose the relocation of all humans who live in the same area as the sun shines on, or half the sphere? After all, when rising tides are discussed, there are populations whom do not want to move even while thinking about the impending changes to their lives.
I like it a lot. But in no way is this a brand new idea as stated in the article.
One reason that I like it, is that I've been peddling the "half the earth should belong to nature" idea for a couple of years now. Not sure where I picked it up originally though. Probably an article linked from HN.
Planet is really not being overwhelmed with humans. It's being overwhelmed with industry of ecologically blind luxury.
I can't really imagine how would one do animal agriculture with 50% of the earth.
Of all the agricultural land in the U.S., 80% is used to raise animals for food and grow grain to feed them.
Animal farming uses up an enormous amount of arable land, with 45% of the earth's total dry land covered in livestock.
I'm not sure where will you find all that land when you draw a line so imprecisely.
The easiest solution would be to just ban the animal agriculture. All of our problems solved. No more wild species extinction. No more rainforest destruction. Oceanic ecosystem can continue to thrive.
These oil accidents are nothing compared to dead zones caused by the pollution of the animal agriculture industry, or rainforest destruction.
Just some weeks ago there was a methane leak in the US that was considered a catastrophe. But it's equivalent to yearly methane farts of couple of million cows, and there's more than a billion on the whole planet.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 22.7 ms ] threadOne reason that I like it, is that I've been peddling the "half the earth should belong to nature" idea for a couple of years now. Not sure where I picked it up originally though. Probably an article linked from HN.
I can't really imagine how would one do animal agriculture with 50% of the earth.
Of all the agricultural land in the U.S., 80% is used to raise animals for food and grow grain to feed them.
Animal farming uses up an enormous amount of arable land, with 45% of the earth's total dry land covered in livestock.
I'm not sure where will you find all that land when you draw a line so imprecisely.
The easiest solution would be to just ban the animal agriculture. All of our problems solved. No more wild species extinction. No more rainforest destruction. Oceanic ecosystem can continue to thrive.
These oil accidents are nothing compared to dead zones caused by the pollution of the animal agriculture industry, or rainforest destruction.
Just some weeks ago there was a methane leak in the US that was considered a catastrophe. But it's equivalent to yearly methane farts of couple of million cows, and there's more than a billion on the whole planet.
Luxury is a strong force.