7% of 197 Million for 6.4 Billion. That is the figure of the day.
What is it? Well 197 million is the amount of square miles that makes up earth. 7% is the approximate area that is livable for humans. And 6.4 billion is todays population. So just go do the math.
7% of 197 million = 13,790,000 million miles.
We have about 14 million square miles that are habitable for humans. And we have 6.4 billion humans ..... soooooooo
6.4 billion divided by 13.7 million = 464 people per square mile on all habitable earth. Does that sound crowded to you?? It does to Me!
Think about 1 square mile and 464 people. Now think about the trash that you, your spouse, and your kids make in a given day .. or week ... or year. Think about how much your family craps on the toilet each day. Think about all the stuff you and your family accumulate in a year. What if all 464 of you HAD to keep your trash and crap within your square mile?? How fun would that be? How long would it take for your garbage to take over your square mile?
Wait a second!! What about the fact that 1/3 of the habitable earth needs to be used for agriculture??? Oh Oh! Now that one square mile isn't for 464 people, it's actually 618 people per square mile because 1/3 of it is crops for food and trees for homes. Now does it seem crowded? 618 other people living with you in one square mile, with all your garbage, and stuff, and waste products, and cars, and bikes, and kids, and toys, and homes, and smoke and pollution.
So now were down to 2.3% of the earth is for just humans to live. Now go grab a globe (I know you all have one), and picture 2 or 3 percent of it. Just a little strip of the earth. Now try cramming 6.4 billion people into that area. Fun fun!!
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O.K., one last experiment. Our town were I live has about 35,000 people. Nothing huge, just your average medium size town. So I was wondering how many medium size towns are there in 6.4 billion people. Well I was surprised to find out that there are 185,000 medium size towns in 6.4 billion.
Again, take a globe, and just take 2.3% of it. Now try sticking 185,000 stick pins into that small area. Each one of them is NOT a person ... that's a whole town with 35,000 people. Not to mention trying to stick 185,000 stick pins into 2.3% of a globe might be a little challenging also.
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And the final question. What the hell gets Me thinking about such weird, absurd things? I have no idea. But I'm kinda glad I'm this demented .... it's damn fun! Oh yeah, one last thing, wear a god damn condom!!!!
1 comment:
Hey, for a change, I was with you on all your comments today. Too many damn people, too much damn stuff, and not enough room to put them all. Then I looked closely at your picture - I'm the 23rd person from the left about 2/3 of the way down wearing the white shirt and blue baseball cap. Now I'm pissed again as I feel you're directing all your problems at me. And I do wear a condom if you must know, Xtra large.
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