----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlie Bell" <char...@culturelist.org> To: "Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion" <brin-l@mccmedia.com> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 5:39 PM Subject: Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?
> > On 05/01/2009, at 6:22 PM, Wayne Eddy wrote: > >> Surely Canada & Australia are both far less densely populated than the >> United States? > > He said developed country. The former of those you mentioned is a > developed southern border, and the latter, a developed coastline... > > Charlie. > (Pedantic for humour value) Below is the list of the countries with the top 30 Human Development Index scores. The countries with asterisks are less densly populated tham the USA. 1. Iceland 0.968 * 2. Norway 0.968 * 3. Canada 0.967 * 4. Australia 0.965 * 5. Ireland 0.960 6. Netherlands 0.958 7. Sweden 0.958 * 8. Japan 0.956 9. Luxembourg 0.956 10. Switzerland 0.955 11. France 0.955 12. Finland 0.954 * 13. Denmark 0.952 14. Austria 0.951 15. United States 0.950 16. Spain 0.949 17. Belgium 0.948 18. Greece 0.947 19. Italy 0.945 20. New Zealand 0.944 * 21. United Kingdom 0.942 22. Hong Kong 0.942 23. Germany 0.940 24. Israel 0.930 25. South Korea 0.928 26. Slovenia 0.923 27. Brunei 0.919 28. Singapore 0.918 29. Kuwait 0.912 30. Cyprus 0.912 Pedantic humour aside Dan's statement that "the US is far less densely populated than any other developed country" is plainly incorrect. Regards, Wayne. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
