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I think they meant geographically
by 1stop 11y ago
I think they meant geographically
- elcapitan 11y agoWhat's wrong with cannibalism?
- jschwartzi 11y agoFrom a practical perspective, tons of parasites. From a moral perspective it becomes much harder to trust someone who no qualms about eating you.
- elcapitan 11y agoThe fact that this is being downvoted so heavily shows that the food industry is next to be disrupted.
- laumars 11y agoEven that's not entirely accurate. Japan is larger than the UK. That's England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland combined. Japan is actually closer to the size of Germany - which isn't a large country but certainly isn't small either.
- gozur88 11y agoFrom a food perspective the problem is so much of Japan isn't arable - 11.6% compared to Germany's 34.1%.
- laumars 11y agoWhile that's true, Japan aren't unique in that respect either. For example most of the scandinavian countries have a lower percentage of arable land as well as a smaller land area size. Yet, bar Norway, they've adhered to the whaling ban.
- gozur88 11y agoPopulation-wise, the Scandinavian countries are tiny. The problem in Japan is the combination of a relatively large population and a small amount of arable land. Sweden, Finland, and Norway have 21.7, 16.2, and 15.6 people per square kilometer, respectively. Japan has 335.6. While the Scandinavian countries do have a lower arable land % (5.9, 6.5, 2.7) than Japan (11.6), the ratio of population to arable land is much lower.