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I’m not sure that’s fair, given the relative density of the two. The US is truly enormous, especially compared to any European country.
by the_svd_doctor 6y ago
I’m not sure that’s fair, given the relative density of the two. The US is truly enormous, especially compared to any European country.
- stakkur 6y agoI think England has a much longer history of habitation, and so it's understandable that deforestation is more extensive (thousands of years vs. hundreds). Here's an article I like about that process in England: https://aeon.co/essays/who-chopped-down-britains-ancient-forests https://aeon.co/essays/who-chopped-down-britains-ancient-for... There are a lot of parallels in the US process of deforestation, except as you say on a much different scale. The US has lost ~75% of its virgin forests just since 1600.
- yodelshady 6y agoFor reference, less than half the population of London - or about 80% of the population of Scotland - would give England the same population density as the US.