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Sogo

(6,434 posts) Tue Jul 8, 2025, 08:59 PM Jul 8

China has four times the number of people as the US, on land area that's only slightly larger than the US.

Still, like India, nearly unbelievable!

Imagine having four times the population we currently have....

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China has four times the number of people as the US, on land area that's only slightly larger than the US. (Original Post) Sogo Jul 8 OP

I don't want to imagine that. biophile Jul 8 #1

We've got a lot of sparsely populated land unblock Jul 8 #2

There are vastly more people on this planet PoindexterOglethorpe Wednesday #3

biophile

(811 posts)

1. I don't want to imagine that.

Reply to Sogo (Original post)

Tue Jul 8, 2025, 09:07 PM

Jul 8

I like the countryside and not having neighbors too close 😆

unblock

(55,377 posts)

2. We've got a lot of sparsely populated land

Reply to Sogo (Original post)

Tue Jul 8, 2025, 09:13 PM

Jul 8

Particularly from around the Mississippi River west until you get within about 100 miles of the Pacific Ocean.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(27,999 posts)

3. There are vastly more people on this planet

Reply to Sogo (Original post)

Wed Jul 9, 2025, 12:29 AM

Wednesday

than can be reasonably or realistically remotely needed. At best, this planet can hold a billion people, feed us, house us, keep us safe. But we have nearly ten times that number, and it's only getting worse.

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