tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post4162122870700800017..comments2024-03-19T07:10:27.303-07:00Comments on Quark Soup by David Appell: America Needs 4.68 Americas to Support Its LifestyleDavid Appellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-38085486492799713072015-03-19T17:09:47.692-07:002015-03-19T17:09:47.692-07:00PS: 7 hectares/person = 17.3 acres/personPS: 7 hectares/person = 17.3 acres/personDavid Appellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-13393426851819227022015-03-19T17:03:15.206-07:002015-03-19T17:03:15.206-07:00This group, the Global Footprint Network, gives th...This group, the Global Footprint Network, gives the US ecological footprint as 7 hectares per person:<br /><br />http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/trends/united_states_of_america/<br /><br />For the entire country that works out to 5.55 billion acres, or 2.45 times America's size. <br /><br />Half of my earlier number.David Appellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-45141004584572868942015-03-19T16:39:29.185-07:002015-03-19T16:39:29.185-07:00John, I was thinking the number is for more than j...John, I was thinking the number is for more than just food. So it would include crops grown for textiles, resource extraction, and whatever else. But the number was given by a guy at a farming exposition, so perhaps it was just for food and (therefore) he didn't know what he was talking about. David Appellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-59314934056370427372015-03-19T16:14:39.271-07:002015-03-19T16:14:39.271-07:00David - This number sets off my back-of-the-envelo...David - This number sets off my back-of-the-envelop-BS-detector. The U.S. is, I think, a net food exporter? http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/foreign-agricultural-trade-of-the-united-states-(fatus)/latest-us-agricultural-trade-data.aspxJohn Fleckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01945772782727225745noreply@blogger.com