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On 09/04/2015 10:44, Rod Speed wrote:


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On 09/04/2015 01:50, Rod Speed wrote:


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On 08/04/2015 20:29, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , Nightjar
"cpb"@ wrote:

On 08/04/2015 20:05, Tim Streater wrote:
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As I thought: this is an overcrowded country. Anyone who says it
isn't
doesn't drive on our motorways (f'rinstance).

That is more a measure of relative affluence and social
expectations.
The population density of the UK is just 12% higher than it was in
the
1960s, when I once travelled from London to Whipsnade along the M1
without meeting a single car going in the same direction.

So the population was too high then, also. Just that we didn't
notice.

If we didn't notice, it couldn't have been too high.

So people used less of everything and it just about worked.

Actually, we used more of everything.

Nope.

The UK's total material requirement in 1970, when records began, was
1,750 million tonnes - 31.3 tonnes per capita. In 2013, it was 1,730
million tonnes - 27 tonnes per capita.

That's a drop.

So. which is it; we didn't use more in 1970 or the amount we use has
dropped? Both your claims cannot be true.

YOUR numbers dont substantiate the claim you made about them.

I stated that we used more materials in 1970 than in 2013, then gave a
figure of 31.3 tonnes per person in 1970 and 27 tonnes per person in 2013.

Yes, and that is clearly a DROP in the tonnes per person.

It sounds like you have misread one of my posts again.

Then you need to get those ears tested, BAD.