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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

What kind of land do 100 largest landowning families have that it’s not covered under other categories? (Other than timberland in the top left?)

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

Private mansions, estates, forests I would imagine

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Underwater land

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I can't wait for lab grown meat.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I'm excited for the possibility of being an ethical cannibal. Imagine being able to take a tissue sample and then grow a steak that's made of you.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Belle Delphine was a pioneer with her bath water. Can she do it again?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago

"Hey guys, you all say that you eat ass and here's your chance to prove it!"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Finally we can join Grace in enjoying a MeBurger

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Rocky gang rise up

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

You can stop eating meat at any point. No need to wait for lab grown.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

False assumption. He said he wants lab meat. Hard stop. It is implied by the hard stop that he's ok with current things OR doesn't eat much/any current meat, but after that unknown, looks forward to lab meat.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

That's like saying "you can just not go to war"

Yea great you solved war forever.

People aren't going to stop eating meat, it's not a reasonable solution. Lab grown meat is a potential solution

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

no way urban is that big compared to rural

does urban here include suburbia??

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Where else would suburbia belong? The images I've seen from the US looks very much like urban environment

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Yes it does frequently include the suburbs. Also there are LOTS of small cities that are urban - its not just NYC and Los Angelos. Its... Irvine, CA. Its... Portland, Oregon.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m shocked at how small desert is

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe because half of Arizona got turned into fucking cow "pastures" and alfalfa farms for some stupid reason.

[–] Riven 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

For foreign governments to buy. That way they don't have to use their own water to grow it. Not even joking give it a Google.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Poor people of Cleveland. The ground being covered in maple syrup sure is a sticky situation.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cool graphic! Data sources?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No section for parking lots? That would probably take up about 25% of the map

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Most likely part of 'urban commercial' and the housing sections

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

daily reminder that most of the land that is used to grow livestock feed is land that is not fertile enough to grow things like wheat but can still grow things like grass

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Except its use as pasture has wrecked the ecosystem that would be there otherwise. From forcing certain plant life to driving out predators, "would still be grass" isn't really saying much when the damage is severe nonetheless.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yes, you are right, for pastures. The category Lifestock feed is soybean, corn, wheat, barley and triticale, all that goes into the stomachs of monogastric animals (pigs, poultry, ... humans).

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Fuck it, united single-use zones of America

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Vermont as urban? Vermont? The state with the least amount of people in it?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The locations are arbitrary, it's just visualizing total land usage. In reality everything would be intermixed

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nope, it's official, we're all moving to Vermont now. Your current home will be demolished in 72 hours or less.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Please. My shithole house was built more than 100 years ago and despite all the repairs and improvements, its original design was likely its best and easiest to maintain. Also the rural location is bad. It was a great town 100+ years ago.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I think you'll find that Wyoming is the state with the fewest people.

You're right on your main point, though, it's not exactly Manhattan 😄

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What is this supposed to be?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

the blue part at the top should actually read "federal, national, and state parks made up of stolen tribal lands".

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I think that's true of the entire country, except maybe the desert between Phoenix and Vegas.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Rip South Carolina and their Rhode Island sized golf course.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mining in the US is too tiny to note?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I guess it mostly uses land vertically not horizontally

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