Rand Simberg wrote:

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:00:20 GMT, in a place far, far away, Dick
Morris made the phosphor on my monitor
glow in such a way as to indicate that:

Debatable.
Stick copies of biosphere II all over the world, and you end up with
well over 10 times the population.

How much did Biosphere II cost, per inhabitant?

A lot, but you can't conclude anything from that, since there were no
economies of scale.

Biosphere II wouldn't be a very good model in any event, since it's
primary use is scientific research. It's far from an optimum approach
for growing food.