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The US has so much space (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I agree, our infrastructure is definitely fucked. But the US has ~10 million sq km of space to France's ~552,000 sq km.

[–] el_abuelo@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Europe has 10 sq km. Let's not compare pommes to oranges.

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Right, but they were the ones comparing a country to a state to begin with, so I compared a country to a country. If you want to compare continents... That's a different story.