[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[cripplecreek]

Back in the 70s, they warned that there would be a massive city stretching from Toronto to Chicago.

I live in south central Michigan and its as rural here as it was in the 70s. In some places its even more rural. In fact, the state is in the process of buying 2000 acres from a private owner near me so it can be added to the public hunting land.

[I Shall Endure]

OTOH, transitioning from subsistence agriculture to modern industrial farming means more efficient use of land, and possible reforestation as former peasants move to the cities and suburbs. That’s been America’s experience.

[Carry_Okie]

The explosive growth of cities worldwide over the next two decades poses significant risks to people and the global environment, according to a meta-analysis published today in PlosOne.

Somebody should tell the authors of the Global Agenda 21.

[Haiku Guy]

It will be far better for the environment if those 1.47 Billion people live in cities than out in the country.

Of course the Green weenies have other solutions in mind for that extra 1.4 Billion people...

[Cloverfarm]

I’m more worried about the loss of farmland than anything.

We need to conserve prime farmland as much as we do rainforests.

The Yale researchers seem to have missed that.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Simple really.

All they need to do is to kill about 6 billion people.

And don't make the mistake of thinking they don't have plans.

[Chode]

last week it was urban sprawl