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How the U.S. Engineered Its Sovereignty

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Re: How the U.S. Engineered Its Sovereignty

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Post by canucktrash669 »

mc32 wrote: post #7
well_ackshually wrote: post #6

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We’re not the only ones with a wealth of natural resources. Canada, Russia, Argentina, Australia, Brazil all have per capita even more natural resources at their disposal.

With shitty climates. The surface area of optimal climate in the US is likely larger than that of all the countries you've named combined. What's optimal? For example in Canada most farmed areas yield only one harvest per year. And most of the land is barren wasteland. You have some of it as well, but it's not the majority of the territory.

Re: How the U.S. Engineered Its Sovereignty

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Post by wslh »

canucktrash669 wrote: post #11
mc32 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We’re not the only ones with a wealth of natural resources. Canada, Russia, Argentina, Australia, Brazil all have per capita even more natural resources at their disposal.

With shitty climates. The surface area of optimal climate in the US is likely larger than that of all the countries you've named combined. What's optimal? For example in Canada most farmed areas yield only one harvest per year. And most of the land is barren wasteland. You have some of it as well, but it's not the majority of the territory.

Argentina seems like a counterexample here: the Pampas are one of the world's major temperate agricultural regions.

Re: How the U.S. Engineered Its Sovereignty

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Post by amarant »

canucktrash669 wrote: post #11
mc32 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We’re not the only ones with a wealth of natural resources. Canada, Russia, Argentina, Australia, Brazil all have per capita even more natural resources at their disposal.

With shitty climates. The surface area of optimal climate in the US is likely larger than that of all the countries you've named combined. What's optimal? For example in Canada most farmed areas yield only one harvest per year. And most of the land is barren wasteland. You have some of it as well, but it's not the majority of the territory.

Brazil is pretty damn fertile, and nearly as large as the US though... If we're just talking about farmable land area, I'd be surprised if the US is larger than Brazil. Farmed land area is a different thing though. Not sure how what compares.

Re: How the U.S. Engineered Its Sovereignty

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Post by j05ev1f3 »

canucktrash669 wrote: post #11
mc32 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We’re not the only ones with a wealth of natural resources. Canada, Russia, Argentina, Australia, Brazil all have per capita even more natural resources at their disposal.

With shitty climates. The surface area of optimal climate in the US is likely larger than that of all the countries you've named combined. What's optimal? For example in Canada most farmed areas yield only one harvest per year. And most of the land is barren wasteland. You have some of it as well, but it's not the majority of the territory.

Geographic determinism is one of those theories that explains everything after the fact and predicts almost nothing

Re: How the U.S. Engineered Its Sovereignty

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Post by canucktrash669 »

wslh wrote: post #16
canucktrash669 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

With shitty climates. The surface area of optimal climate in the US is likely larger than that of all the countries you've named combined. What's optimal? For example in Canada most farmed areas yield only one harvest per year. And most of the land is barren wasteland. You have some of it as well, but it's not the majority of the territory.

Argentina seems like a counterexample here: the Pampas are one of the world's major temperate agricultural regions.

Argentina's arable land is just 27% of what the USA has. Fact-checking myself... the USA has more arable land than Canada, Australia and Argentina combined. Russia has a lot, but the USA has the most. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_arable_la...

Not sure where to find an aggregate growing days figure, but there's clearly less of them per arable surface area in Canada compared to the USA.

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