It might also be interesting to know how polluted/warmed Nick's hypothetical individual space would be for a typical inhabitant of each region of the world if that pollution didn't spill over the rest of the world :)
Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin van Spaandonk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vortex-L" <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 11:54 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Environmental space In reply to Nick Palmer's message of Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:30:59 -0000: Hi Nick, [snip] >The purpose of my >calculations was simply to blast these people out of their complacency with >simple maths that is easily checkable. [snip] In that case, might I suggest a table of numbers indicating exactly what effect we *are* having on the planet (e.g. measures of pollution) and the consequences thereof, rather than dividing the planet up into hypothetical spaces. Global warming is one such. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk The shrub is a plant.