Beer Steak Bullshit

For all the green thinking people out there, the 2010 Environmental Performance Index was released on January 28, 2010 to show with of world’s countries are the greenest so to speak. the 2010 Environmental Performance Index was based on a research conducted by Environmental Law & Policy at Yale University and The Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) of Columbia University in collaboration with World Economic Forum
in Geneva, Switzerland and Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Ispra, Italy. The 2010 Environmental Performance Index is their third release and is being revisited every two years after initial research started in 2006.

Not surprisingly, Iceland is the undisputed world leader when it comes to “addressing pollution control and natural resource management” as stated in the 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) press release. What does surprise me is the presence of Costa Rica in top 4 placements which contains countries with EPI scores between 85 and 100. Iceland scored 93.5 point and remains the only country with more than 90 points. Switzerland scored second with 89.1 points, Costa Rica ranked third with 86.4 points and top scores list is concluded with Sweden which scored 86.0 points.

Aside from surprisingly high scoring Costa Rica which is a very rough and vastly unsafe country, other than a few tourist trap spots, I was also surprised to see Denmark all the way down at spot #32, scoring mere 69.2 EPI points. Denmark has been ranking for many consecutive years as a country with highest standards of living in the world but surprisingly, they don’t seem to focus on the environment as much as I would like to think. Switzerland on the other hand that’s been hanging right behind Denmark in ranks of quality living is only a few points behind Iceland making it both environmentally friendly and high standard of living providing country.

My home country of Canada is way below Denmark yet. Shame on us. I know many Canadians think green and use reusable bags and what not, but we drive cars everywhere, public transport is a joke, idling is normal and oil field multibillion dollar companies only care about profits, not the environment, so I’m not that shocked Canada failed a bit on the 2010 Environmental Performance Index list.

I have been to Slovakia and can confirm that it is an amazingly green country with great laws in place ensuring protection of their beautiful forests and people always eager to preserve their stunningly jaw-dropping nature. Slovakia is one of the finest countries in the world and if you haven’t visited yet, you’ll be up for a pleasant surprise once you do. People and the country itself are amazing. You won’t find that anywhere else – except from maybe Iceland.

United States of America ranks worse than Canada on the 2010 Environmental Performance Index list. Perhaps for many Americans it could be surprising their country got this high because as it is with Canada, there is more than too much room for improvements when it comes to environment protection. Industrialized countries are known for being world’s biggest polluters so seeing Canada and the USA this low on the list is not all that shocking. Greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution were main contributors to low ranks of our countries, but we didn’t go all that down thanks to forest sustainability and provision of safe drinking water.

I’m glad to see Cuba in top 10, even though I’m surprised Slovakia ranks below Cuba. I have visited both countries and would definitely consider Slovakia greener than Cuba. Slovakia is not a communist country anymore so profit often goes before health and many food producers dope up their produce to speed up and boost sales. This doesn’t take place in Cuba which is likely why their life expectancy and child mortality rates are some of the lowest in the world and quite possibly why it outranked Slovakia on the 2010 Environmental Performance Index. However water in Cuba is vastly unsafe which must have contributed immensely in loss of many points so seeing Cuba this high on the list is amazing.

Bhutan is another major surprise. This Asian country located on the slopes of the Himalaya mountains has been closed to foreigners for a long time and has only recently opened but restricts tourists rigorously making for an extremely exclusive feel for those who get a chance to visit it. These restrictions are in place to ensure that Bhutan’s nature and culture live on hence it’s surprising to see them all the way down at spot #68 – even lower than the Dominican Republic.

Speaking of the Dominican Republic – it’s another country I have visited and while there are places with pristine nature protected by the government, I didn’t find it all that green. However is anyone surprised that their neighbor – Haiti is one of the worst ranking countries on the 2010 Environmental Performance Index. It only proves exactly what I have said about Haiti before – it is one of the biggest shitholes on the planet and channeling millions of dollars to them after the earthquake may not be the smartest of ideas. Given how ridiculously corrupt Haiti is, the money will not find its way to where it’s meant to go. Most of it will disappear in the hands of corrupt officials, the rest will be stolen. And don’t forget to check out the difference between forestation on the border separating Haiti from the Dominican Republic. The reason why Haiti ranks at the bottom of the Environmental Performance Index will be instantly clear.

The 2010 Environmental Performance Index took into account 25 different metrics to derive their rankings from. 163 countries were put into test in 10 categories including air quality, environmental health, biodiversity and habitat, water resource management, fisheries, forestry, climate change and agriculture. More information about the 2010 Environmental Performance Index can be found on Yale University website HERE.

Given frightening growth of Muslim population worldwide, let’s take a look at Muslim population by country, with special focus on countries with highest and lowest population of Muslims in the world.

List of Countries with Muslim Population of 100%

In these countries, everyone is a Muslim and I’m guessing that unless you embrace Islam, you are not welcomed:

• Libya
• Maldives
• Mauritania
• Oman
• Qatar
• Saudi Arabia
• Somalia
• Western Sahara

List of Countries with Muslim Population of 99%

These are the countries where basically whole population are Muslims, but some weirdoes of unknown origin are spoiling their numbers. Only 1% or less of total population are Muslims:

• Afghanistan
• Algeria
• Gaza Strip
• Iran
• Turkey
• Yemen

List of Other Countries with Muslim Population of More than 90%

List of other countries with super high Muslim population, even though they have more than 1% of non Muslim people there.

• Azerbaijan
• Comoros
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Gambia
• Iraq
• Jordan
• Mayotte
• Morocco
• Pakistan
• Senegal
• Tajikistan
• Tunisia
• United Arab Emirates
• Senegal

…and to offset it:

List of Other Countries with No Muslim Population (0%)

These are the countries that are free from Muslims:

• Angola
• Antigua Barbuda
• The Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belize
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Cape Verde
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Greenland
• Granada
• Guam
• Guatemala
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Iceland
• Jamaica
• North Korea
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• Taiwan
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Looks like countries in Central America and the Caribbean do the best job keeping themselves free from Muslims. Iceland and Greenland are also on top of it, though I was surprised to find out that Slovakia, one of the nicest countries in the world has 0.2% Muslim population. I guess that’s what they get for being in Europe. Muslim population in Indonesia, a country with largest Muslim population in the world is at 86.1%.

These Muslim population by country statistics have been collected from the CIA World Factbook and are based on each country’s respective census. Some may be outdated or inaccurate due to deliberate provision of twisted facts. For more information, go to:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html

Muslim population circular graph image by the University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences

You have probably heard that Christianity is no longer the largest religion of the world. It was passed in numbers by Islam. Muslims are multiplying with unprecedented rapidity while fertility rate in non Muslim societies is way below the rate necessary to maintain itself. The video below puts Muslim numbers in perspective against numbers of other social, cultural and religious groups.

It is likely that the world will be taken over by the Muslims within a few short decades. As the video states, research has shown that in order for a culture to maintain itself, it needs the fertility rate of at least 2.11 children per family. Any culture with lesser fertility rate than that will decline. As per historical records, no culture that reached fertility rate of 1.9 children per family was able to reverse the decline.

Many of the Western European countries have had alarmingly low fertility rates in past years, most of them below level needed to sustain itself. Some countries are even below 1.3 children per family fertility rate, which is the rate at which the decline of society is impossible to reverse as it would take 80 – 100 years to correct itself and there is no economic model that can sustain a culture during such long time. Below is the list of statistics of fertility rates in some countries in Western Europe:

• France: 1.8
• England: 1.6
• Greece: 1.3
• Germany: 1.3
• Italy: 1.2
• Spain: 1.1

Global fertility rate across 31 countries of the European Union is mere 1.38. With such low fertility rate, Europe would be bound to reach extinction, but their population numbers are not declining. The reason is simple – immigration. Most immigrants to Europe are Muslim, people from Islamic background. Since 1990, 90% of all immigrants to Europe have been Muslims. While French families have on average 1.8 children per family, Muslim families in France have on average 8.1 children per family. Muslims sure like to creampie their female partners.

As the video says, the world is changing. The global culture our children inherit will be vastly different that it is today. The demographics of the world is changing vastly in favor of Muslims. While Muslim numbers are growing, numbers of other ethnic and religious groups are declining. This is the case of virtually every continent. Europe has been hit with mass Muslim invasion perhaps the hardest, but there are frighteningly growing numbers of Muslims in Canada and the USA as well. It is predicted that by 2027, the numbers of Muslims in France will grow to such extent that 1/5 of the country will be Muslims. And in 39 years from now, France will be taken over my Muslims completely and will become an Islamic republic.

Number of Muslims in The Great Britain grew from 85,000 to 2,5 Million in the last 30 years. 50% of all newborns in The Netherlands are Muslims. Half of the population in The Netherlands will be Muslim in 15 years. 40% of the Russian army will be made of Muslims in a few short years. 25% of the population of Belgium are Muslims with 50% of all children born being Muslim. European government in Brussels predicts that by 2025, one third of all European children will be born to Muslim families. That’s only 15 years away. Germany federal statistics office made a point a few years back that the decline of German population can no longer be reversed and that by 2050, Germany will be an Islamic state. Europe will turn into a Muslim continent within a few decades.

The fertility rate in both Canada and the United States is now only 1.6 children per family. Islam is Canada’s fastest growing religion. In the United States, there were only 100,000 Muslims in 1970. Today, there are more than 9 Million of them. Our children will be born to a world ruled by the Muslims. Their numbers continue to grow while numbers of other cultures continue to decline. The video that puts it all in perspective is below: