Environment Memo

There’s news out, reported here by MSNBC, among others, that McDonald’s is going to open 1,000 new restaurants

concentrated in China, Australia, Russia, Germany, France and the U.S.

That’s a lot of burgers and fries.

It would be interesting to compare the number and rate of increase of McDonald’s restaurants to the populations of the countries the firm is in.  Countries with a low population growth might not be as good a place to go as places with comparatively higher growth rates (such as the US).  But where will all those cows and potatoes come from?