Upper Left Coast

Thoughts on politics, faith, sports and other random topics from a red state sympathizer in indigo-blue Portland, Oregon.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Interesting Stats of the Day

The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28 percent
Size of Africa: 11.6 million square miles (20 percent of the world)
Total African wilderness: 3.25 million square miles

The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38 percent
Size of North America: 9.4 million square miles (16 percent of the world)
Total North American wilderness: 3.56 million square miles

1 Comments:

  • At 2/13/2008 11:06 AM, Blogger OregonGuy said…

    I get it.

    Does anyone else get it?

    It's time to shut development down before we lose our precious resource.

    Have you made the comparison to the Former Soviet Union?

     

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