Delusional (Michelle) Duggar says whole world can fit in Jacksonville

[underpants]

http://now.msn.com/now/0330-michelle-duggar-no-overpopulation.aspx


We've heard of New Math" but Michelle Duggar might have to show us her work on this one. The perpetually pregnant TLC mom, who has 19 kids under her (non-chastity) belt so far, told the Christian Broadcasting Network that the pesky rumor of the world being overpopulated is not accurate and that -- stay with us here -- if we all stood "shoulder to shoulder," we could fit the entire planet of 7 billion-plus people in Jacksonville, Fla. ... Duggar continued that she agrees with Mother Teresa, who once commented that saying there are too many children "is like saying there are too many flowers."




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LogicalLibby

Michelle Duggar doesn't believe the world is overpopulated. She's trying to fix that though.

[HockeyMom]

1. You could fit on the head of a pin

the number of women who would want to have 19 children. Better?

[Ilsa]

3. And maybe the head of a pin, maybe two, the # of men, too. nt

[lapfog_1]

2. It's physically possible.

and here is the relevant prediction made almost 45 years ago by author John Brunner.

The title of his book was "Stand on Zanzibar"

The primary engine of the novel's story is overpopulation and its projected consequences, and the title refers to an early twentieth-century claim that the world's population could fit onto the Isle of Wight – which has an area of 381 square kilometres (147 sq mi) – if they were all standing upright. Brunner remarked that the growing world population now required a larger island; the 3.5 billion people living in 1968 could stand together on the Isle of Man (area 572 square kilometres (221 sq mi)), while the 7 billion people who he projected would be alive in 2010 would need to stand on Zanzibar (area 1,554 square kilometres (600 sq mi)). Throughout the book, the image of the entire human race standing shoulder-to-shoulder on a small island is a metaphor for a crowded world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_on_Zanzibar

we just this year passed 7 billion, making his 45year old prediction off by 2 years.

The area of Jacksonville is 747 sq miles, so she is correct as far as we could all fit within the city limits (standing shoulder to shoulder). It is worth it to note that Jacksonville is the LARGEST city (by land area) in the lower 48 states, and only has a population of 821,000 individuals. The world population is 8,526 TIMES more people than live in Jacksonville.

Or, should you desire to all live in a "Jacksonville" style city (same population per sq mile as the present city) you would need an area of 5,115,600 sq miles. That's an area that is 19 times the size of the state of Texas or 1.4 TIMES the size of the lower 48 states. All built as a city with the same population density as Jacksonville.

And that doesn't even begin to cover the land needed to grow the food for all those people, nor waste areas for all of their trash.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. 'I gotta pee'

said someone from near the middle of that 7-billion-plus conglomeration of people standing shoulder-to-shoulder.

[CanonRay]

5. Another magical-thinking right wing wack-a-doodle

why anyone would want to watch this brainless baby factory is beyond me. She IS the problem.

[malaise]

6. This from a woman who has her own children bringing up her children

By the way there is delusional and their is totally fugging ignorant.

[Ecumenist]

11. Like a queen bee, ant, termite or mole rat. She's just spitting them out by using her Va-jay-jay

like a gumball machine.

[Justice wanted]

7. This would be funny if not for 2 very important things 1) SHE is the one educating her 19 kids. She

is the one that HOME SCHOOLS the kids. 2)She and her husband is using that TV show to promote THEIR view of religion/male-female relations. IN OTHER WORDS Michelle's Stay at home bare foot and pregnant because you are too stupid to do anything else is something that is catching on.

Believe it or not some people actually LOOK at this woman as a role model.

[XemaSab]

22. Don't assume all women who choose this lifestyle are stupid

Michelle Duggar, however, is dumber than a bag of hammers.

[Justice wanted]

32. a woman who is able to be home with her family because financial reasons allow her is find I'm

not trying to put people like that down What I'm saying is that A woman like michelle Duggard-who is advocating woman stay home because they are TOOO dumb or it is against some "religious" code I do take issue.


I believe Men Women can stay home with kids if they want to and if they can All power Have at it but their is a HUGE difference between that Choice and Michelle Duggard saying THAT IS ALL A WOMAN SHOULD DO.

[MNBrewer]

8. and if you laid us all end to end we would go to the moon and back 15 times

what does that have to do with anything, either?

[izquierdista]

14. -1

For using the word "laid" in a post about the Duggar woman.

[MNBrewer]

24. I doubt she's ever gotten "laid" in her life. It's about wifely duty for her.

[Pab Sungenis]

9. She thinks she could fit the whole world into Jacksonville

because she was able to shove 19 children into the clown car that is her vajayjay.

[FLSurfer]

10. Someone should explain to her, the concept of resources.

Maybe she'd realize that over population isn't all about space.

[CanonRay]

25. Not me, I'm not taking that one on.

Made me think of Emily Latella "natural Race Horses" re SNL about 1978.

[lunatica]

12. This OP calls for a major facepalm

Sometimes there just aren't any words...

[Proud Liberal Dem]

34. "The Sisko" hath spoken!

[Lochloosa]

13. We are the largest city in the contiguous United States 874.3 sq. miles

[Quantess]

15. Sounds miserable.

Imagine cramming several billion people together in a few square mile radius, so all those people literally are shoulder to shoulder. Hot, stinky, can't move, people falling like dominoes, getting trampled. People peeing on your feet. No escape.

[FarCenter]

16. 7 billion humans would cover a 6 mile square surveyors township to a depth of about 10 feet.

[A HERETIC I AM]

17. I did the math on 6 billion once....

And found 6 billion would fit in the land area of Texas with 1100 square feet per person

[FarCenter]

18. Annual crude oil production would cover the township to a depth of about 160 feet

For those who think that humanity can continue at current population levels without fossil fuels.

[kestrel91316]

19. Well, when watching The Universe I learned that all matter in the entire Milky Way

galaxy could be squashed down into a space about the size of my apartment. There just wouldn't be much room to move around.

[grantcart]

20. Only if you really really really believe.

[pokerfan]

21. Doing some math

Current world population = 7,004,263,288
(http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html)

Manhattan's population density is 66940 people per square mile, highest of any county in the US.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_New_York_City)

7,004,263,288 / 66940 = 104,635 square miles.

Colorado is the 8th largest state in terms of area at 104,093.57 square miles.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area)

Imagine the state of Colorado packed to same density as Manhattan.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

23. Think of the porta-potties required. And, the lines

[HughBeaumont]

26. "Saying there are too many children "is like saying there are too many flowers."

You know, except that I've never heard of a flower that costs low-to-mid-six figures to raise from birth to their 20s.

Sometimes, too many flowers give people allergic reactions.

[jwirr]

27. Even if that were true I am sure the whole world cannot feed itself in Jacksonville, Florida.

[Initech]

28. And the earth is 6,000 years old.

[underpants]

29. wa wa wa waaa waaaaaaa

http://www.sadtrombone.com/

[Tom Ripley]

30. Why would anyone interview a broodmare?

[Recursion]

31. I've seen the math on that, but back when the earth was 5 billion people

Basically, if we all were literally packed shoulder to shoulder we would fit in a mid-sized American city.

Also, if the entire world lived at the population density of Queens, the entire world could fit on Long Island. The issue of overpopulation is not literal space but resources.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

33. Does she mean her whole family?

[hifiguy]

35. That has to be one of the ten stupidest things

anyone has said in the history of the world. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Jebus wept.