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[meme] There is no one-size-fits-all solution to transportation (lemmy.world)
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[–] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

50 percent of canadians live below the 49th parallel. 90 percent live within 160 kms (iirc) 20kms of the border between canada and the usa

Canada has roughly 40 million people.

*Longest undefended border in the world

*Canada has more fresh water than any other country and almost 9% of Canadian territory is water; Canada has at least 2 million and possibly over 3 million lakes - that is more than all other countries combined

Just some contextual information for anyone who isnt familiar with canada reading your comment. Not directed at the comment i replied to, just thought it might be useful

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    That 90% is within 100 miles of the border, not 20km. And keep in mind that border is one of the longest on the planet. Not that it's a good reason to have cars (it takes days to drive between Toronto and Vancouver, I think a train would be a much better experience for something more efficient than a flight).

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And keep in mind that border is one of the longest on the planet.

    Depending on how you count it can have infinite length

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    not necessarily infinite, length is quantized so when you get to planck length sized chunks you can declare a largest border length (at least, the planck length is the shortest distance we can measure)

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    This is way off topic, but I'm curious about the fresh water thing. Does that include frozen water, and how does Antarctica fit into that metric? I know Antarctica is a continent, but is it also a country? Is it multiple?

    Edit: I return with knowledge!

    Antarctica has no countries, but does have regions where certain other countries have "claimed". Also the info is pretty dated (late 80's I think), but there's a large portion that is totally unclaimed land entirely. Fun fact: this is the only large land area on the planet that's unclaimed by a country.

    As for fresh water content: Antarctica holds about 70% of Earth's fresh water as ice. As a scale reference: If that all melted, it would be enough to raise the planet's sea levels by nearly 200 feet (~60 feet higher than the 2011 tsunami that caused the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan).

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