arminius wrote:
>
> "gringogirl" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> www.numbersusa.com click on urban sprawl in left hand column
> Between 1982 and 1997 America converted approximately 25 million acres
> (39,000 square miles) of rural land - forests, rangeland, pastures,
> cropland, and wetlands - to developed land: that is, sub-divisions,
> freeways, factories, strip malls, airports, and the like.
>
> Over a 20-year period (1970-1990), the 100 largest Urbanized Areas in
> the United States sprawled out over an additional 14,545 square miles.
> That was more than 9 million acres of
>
> · natural habitats,
> · farmland
> · and other rural space that were covered over by the asphalt,
[snip]
Do you know what this means?
Buy stock in asphalt companies.
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Paul Hovnanian
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