X-Message-Number: 15186 Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 20:46:25 -0800 From: Lee Corbin <> Subject: From Texas to Australia A frequently repeated error that also cropped up on this list is to state that there is room in Texas for each person on Earth to be given a 1/4 acre plot of land. But doing the math belies this: 6 billion * 1/4 acre / 640 acres/mile yields 2.3 million square miles. Texas has an area approximately ten times too small. To make the point, Australia with an area of 2.9 million square miles could be used. (Or if you assume 4 people per family on the average, then Libya suffices.) Lee Corbin Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=15186