Originally Posted By: eyeFISH
Originally Posted By: AP a.k.a. Kaiser D
We've got 7 BILLION humans on this planet. 7 [censored] BILLION.

That will 9 BILLION in 2050.

I'm pretty much down with grabbing and protecting anything we can get. Whatever it costs now, it will cost A LOT more down the road.


This really is the BIG picture.

40-50 yrs from now, no one is going to regret having set aside some wild places.
...as long as we can recreate on them, it's a good thing.

shut it all off to everyone but the wilderness hikers, and they might as well not exist.