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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

What kind of land do 100 largest landowning families have that it’s not covered under other categories? (Other than timberland in the top left?)

[–] Player2@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 year ago

Private mansions, estates, forests I would imagine

Underwater land

[–] SafCack@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can't wait for lab grown meat.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm excited for the possibility of being an ethical cannibal. Imagine being able to take a tissue sample and then grow a steak that's made of you.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Belle Delphine was a pioneer with her bath water. Can she do it again?

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

"Hey guys, you all say that you eat ass and here's your chance to prove it!"

[–] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Finally we can join Grace in enjoying a MeBurger

[–] ButtDrugs@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Rocky gang rise up

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[–] nova@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You can stop eating meat at any point. No need to wait for lab grown.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

False assumption. He said he wants lab meat. Hard stop. It is implied by the hard stop that he's ok with current things OR doesn't eat much/any current meat, but after that unknown, looks forward to lab meat.

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

That's like saying "you can just not go to war"

Yea great you solved war forever.

People aren't going to stop eating meat, it's not a reasonable solution. Lab grown meat is a potential solution

[–] Rachelhazideas@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Social conditioning is a hell of a drug. I eat a fraction of the meat I used to but it's still hard to completely stop.

Imo we don't need a lot of people to become full vegetarians, we need everybody to eat less meat.

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

no way urban is that big compared to rural

does urban here include suburbia??

[–] Droechai@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Where else would suburbia belong? The images I've seen from the US looks very much like urban environment

[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

Yes it does frequently include the suburbs. Also there are LOTS of small cities that are urban - its not just NYC and Los Angelos. Its... Irvine, CA. Its... Portland, Oregon.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m shocked at how small desert is

[–] isthingoneventhis@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe because half of Arizona got turned into fucking cow "pastures" and alfalfa farms for some stupid reason.

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For foreign governments to buy. That way they don't have to use their own water to grow it. Not even joking give it a Google.

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Poor people of Cleveland. The ground being covered in maple syrup sure is a sticky situation.

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[–] GaiusBaltar@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cool graphic! Data sources?

[–] unipadfox@pawb.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No section for parking lots? That would probably take up about 25% of the map

[–] Player2@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Most likely part of 'urban commercial' and the housing sections

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

daily reminder that most of the land that is used to grow livestock feed is land that is not fertile enough to grow things like wheat but can still grow things like grass

[–] DonkeyShot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, you are right, for pastures. The category Lifestock feed is soybean, corn, wheat, barley and triticale, all that goes into the stomachs of monogastric animals (pigs, poultry, ... humans).

[–] Umbrias@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Except its use as pasture has wrecked the ecosystem that would be there otherwise. From forcing certain plant life to driving out predators, "would still be grass" isn't really saying much when the damage is severe nonetheless.

[–] outer_spec@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago

Fuck it, united single-use zones of America

[–] Hnazant@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Vermont as urban? Vermont? The state with the least amount of people in it?

[–] Player2@sopuli.xyz 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The locations are arbitrary, it's just visualizing total land usage. In reality everything would be intermixed

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nope, it's official, we're all moving to Vermont now. Your current home will be demolished in 72 hours or less.

[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Please. My shithole house was built more than 100 years ago and despite all the repairs and improvements, its original design was likely its best and easiest to maintain. Also the rural location is bad. It was a great town 100+ years ago.

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I think you'll find that Wyoming is the state with the fewest people.

You're right on your main point, though, it's not exactly Manhattan 😄

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What is this supposed to be?

[–] Darorad@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a map of what percent of us land each thing takes up

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I assume this is overall percentage across the US, and it’s not implying that certain regions are mapped to certain industries.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

the blue part at the top should actually read "federal, national, and state parks made up of stolen tribal lands".

[–] runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago

I think that's true of the entire country, except maybe the desert between Phoenix and Vegas.

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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mining in the US is too tiny to note?

[–] repungnant_canary@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I guess it mostly uses land vertically not horizontally

[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Rip South Carolina and their Rhode Island sized golf course.

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