oops, forgot to publish this remainder from the weekend…in case you were wondering how this popped up into sunday out of nowhere. im not usually one to post about anything even remotely serious, but there is one topic that usually gets me worked up (um…aside from religion), and thats the environment. im by no means a die-hard tree-hugging liberal, but i am pro-environment on pretty much all issues pertaining. so reading this article kind of turned my stomach. cnn had an interesting article about the newly released atlas “one planet many people“. it contrasts side-by-side satellite images taken from the 70s and 80s to current images of certain areas of the world that have seen extensive development in the past 20-30 years. in all cases, there is an obvious explosion of urban sprawl and development. some of the images are outright disturbing, with whole areas enveloped by sprawl where there was nothing just 20 years ago. the planet is only so big, and far too many people have decided to procreate (when in many cases, they really shouldnt be passing down their genes). and especially now with idiot people in positions of power just pissing all over any kind of environmental advancement, i cant imagine the satellite images getting any better anytime soon. heres to hoping for a curb to urban sprawl, over-development of land, and people who fuck like bunnies…
> one planet many people (via cnn)
