Per Capita Consumption

I have decided to begin compiling a list of articles about the kind of per capita consumption-destroying space conservation (crowding) warned of in Five Short Blasts.  I’ll add new articles to the top of this list as they become available, and I see articles like this every day.

Simi Valley, CA Out of Room, Plans to Increase Population Density

http://www.simivalleyacorn.com/news/2008/0404/Front_Page/001.html

Atlanta Seeks to Emulate Beijing!

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2008/03/31/china_0330.html

Housing Density in Franklin County, PA to increase.

http://www.publicopiniononline.com/ci_8723836

Maryland’s Eastern Shore area threatened by over-development.

http://www.topix.net/forum/source/baltimore-sun/TKBLF6M36J54NOLP7#lastPost

Ocala, FL plans to increase its population density:

http://www.ocala.com/article/20080328/NEWS/803280320/1001/NEWS01&title=County_starts__community_visioning__plan

Sedona, CA wants to let families rent sheds built on the property of single family homes!

http://www.sedona.biz/sedonacity0208.htm

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