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Humans Use 83 Percent of Earth's Surface

Posted by michael on from the area-51-still-pretty-vacant dept.

belloc writes "CNN is reporting on a Wildlife Conservation Society report that states that humans take up 83 percent of the Earth's land surface to live on, farm, mine or fish. The article rerers to a WCS human footprint map, but the WCS site seems to have been CNN'd. Funny: I just got back from a little road trip across the southwest, and from all the nothing you see out there, you would think that 83% is a bit high. I guess Arizona farmlands must look a lot like wild, untouched desert."

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  1. Fore! by Fastball · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is offtopic, but I'm going to launch anyways...golf is a great game. It is an outdoor activity (something most folks in here need), it sharpens your focus and patience, and it is by-and-large environmentally friendly. Like few other activities, golf reveals the true character of a person.

  2. Inverse Relationship by hndrcks · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Humans use 83 percent of Earth's surface, but only 10 percent of their own brains.

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  3. Notice to Cowboyneal: by aengblom · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Notice to Cowboyneal:

    The U.N. Security Council has determined you need to cut back. ;-0

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