Sunday, July 1, 2012

Another inconvenient truth

So the first thing I want to post is a Ted Talk.  If you have not heard of them, then you will see me link to a bold new world of ideas.  As with all ideas, use the scientific method and check the results.  Nothing should be mystical since the world is a rational place even if we do not understand it all at the moment.

Jonathan Foley has a great talk over at ted.com that points out how much of the world is being used for agriculture.  This is a great talk for everyone, and even better for those that like to say that you can fit every person on the planet into a major USA city.  The response for that is, Ok but the land needed for the food is the size of South America.

I also recommend additional reading at this wiki article:  Tragedy_of_the_commons


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