Prairie dog
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Earth Population....Most interesting!
Earth Population....Most interesting!
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The current population of Earth is around 7.8 Billion (December 2020).
For most people, it is a large figure. That is all. However, someone has condensed the 7.8 billion in the world into 100 persons, and then into various percentage statistics.
The resulting analysis is relatively much easier to comprehend.
Out of 100:
11 are in Europe
5 are in North America
9 are in South America
15 are in Africa
60 are in Asia
49 live in the countryside
51 live in cities
12 speak Chinese
5 speak Spanish
5 speak English
3 speak Arabic
3 speak Hindi
3 speak BengalI
3 speak Portuguese
2 speak Russian
2 speak Japanese
62 speak their own language.
77 have their own houses.
23 have no place to live.
21 are over-nourished
63 can eat full meals.
15 are under-nourished
1 ate the last meal, but did not make it to the next meal.
The daily cost of living for 48 is less than US$2.
87 have clean drinking water
13 either lack clean drinking water or have access to a water source that is polluted.
75 have mobile phones
25 do not.
30 have internet access
70 do not have conditions to go online.
7 received university education
93 did not attend college.
83 can read
17 are illiterate.
33 are Christians
22 are Muslims
14 are Hindus
7 are Buddhists
12 are other religions
12 have no religious beliefs.
26 live less than 14 years
66 died between 15 - 64 years of age
8 are over 65 years old.
If you have your own home,
Eat full meals & drink clean water,
Have a mobile phone,
Can surf the internet, and have gone to college,
You are in the minuscule privileged lot.
(in the less than 7% category).
Among-st 100 persons in the world, only 8 can live or exceed the age of 65.
If you are over 65 years old, be content & grateful. Cherish life, grasp the moment.
If you did not leave this world before the age of 64 years like the 92 persons who have gone before you , you are already the blessed amongst mankind.
Take good care of your own health because nobody cares more than you yourself!
Cherish every remaining moment.
P.S. Prairie Dog. Hope you don't mind, but I got rid of the lines for you.
For most people, it is a large figure. That is all. However, someone has condensed the 7.8 billion in the world into 100 persons, and then into various percentage statistics.
The resulting analysis is relatively much easier to comprehend.
Out of 100:
11 are in Europe
5 are in North America
9 are in South America
15 are in Africa
60 are in Asia
49 live in the countryside
51 live in cities
12 speak Chinese
5 speak Spanish
5 speak English
3 speak Arabic
3 speak Hindi
3 speak BengalI
3 speak Portuguese
2 speak Russian
2 speak Japanese
62 speak their own language.
77 have their own houses.
23 have no place to live.
21 are over-nourished
63 can eat full meals.
15 are under-nourished
1 ate the last meal, but did not make it to the next meal.
The daily cost of living for 48 is less than US$2.
87 have clean drinking water
13 either lack clean drinking water or have access to a water source that is polluted.
75 have mobile phones
25 do not.
30 have internet access
70 do not have conditions to go online.
7 received university education
93 did not attend college.
83 can read
17 are illiterate.
33 are Christians
22 are Muslims
14 are Hindus
7 are Buddhists
12 are other religions
12 have no religious beliefs.
26 live less than 14 years
66 died between 15 - 64 years of age
8 are over 65 years old.
If you have your own home,
Eat full meals & drink clean water,
Have a mobile phone,
Can surf the internet, and have gone to college,
You are in the minuscule privileged lot.
(in the less than 7% category).
Among-st 100 persons in the world, only 8 can live or exceed the age of 65.
If you are over 65 years old, be content & grateful. Cherish life, grasp the moment.
If you did not leave this world before the age of 64 years like the 92 persons who have gone before you , you are already the blessed amongst mankind.
Take good care of your own health because nobody cares more than you yourself!
Cherish every remaining moment.
P.S. Prairie Dog. Hope you don't mind, but I got rid of the lines for you.
Prairie dog
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Thanks again for doing that for me Aunt Marg...appreciated.
Packerjohn
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Oh Gee! I thought I had it tough because I could not buy envelopes in December & a couple of weeks ago, Canadian (China) Tire wouldn't sell me a filter for my humidifier. Both considered to be "non-essential." I looked at St. Ives cam in Cornwall today & saw kids riding bicycles & people sitting on benches with no snow in sight. Outside my window, the snow is blowing & the trees are reeling & rocking. It's cold out here. Canada isn't a perfect country, we have our problems but then I couldn't think of a better place in this world to be born & die in. Thanks for posting this article. I love articles that tend to me me think. Don't like the news stories that try to SHOCK me! I toast Canada, CHEERS! We're not sexy but we're good!
Don M.
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Earths population is around 7.8 billion. That is probably about 2 billion more than can be considered "sustainable"....and, it's only going to get more "unsustainable" with every passing year. Various studies by organizations such as the UN put the population at nearly 10 billion by 2050, and 12 billion by 2100. With the need for human labor declining, that does Not bode well for the future....if these predictions hold true, fully half of the global population will be living in poverty conditions in the latter years of this century. The developed nations in N. America, Europe and even China, may actually see a decline, as more and more women take on occupations in the general workforce, instead of "motherhood". On the flip side, the already impoverished nations in Africa, Central and South America will continue to having increasing birth rates, which will put them in even worse conditions.
The world that exists in the latter half of this century is going to be Very different from that which we know....and it will Not be pretty.
fuzzybuddy
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Thanks, 'dog'. It makes me feel so ******** lucky. I just won life's lottery.
raybar
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Please post a link to the original publication where these statistics were found.
I wonder why these numbers are stated as "so many out of 100" rather than simply listing percentages. Makes me think the original paper is intended for people who failed fourth grad math.
I wonder why these numbers are stated as "so many out of 100" rather than simply listing percentages. Makes me think the original paper is intended for people who failed fourth grad math.
JimBob1952
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If the level of population is unsustainable, why the massive drop in extreme global poverty?
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/19/world-bank-global-poverty-rate-drops-to-record-low.html
Fertility rates are dropping fast as global wealth increases. Best estimates are a peak of around 10.3 billion in 2064, with populations declining after that.
We need to act on climate change, and do so quickly. But we should be cautiously optimistic, not engulfed by gloom.
Thanks @Aunt Marg for the breakdown... That is most interesting
JimBob1952
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Canada is a wonderful country and I'm glad you appreciate living there.
Knight
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Don M is right sustaining resources that mankind relies on isn't going to last forever. Lucky us we get to use all we want to then die before the chaos begins. Not gloom & doom just reality.
The global fuel consumption by commercial airlines increased each year since 2009 and reached an all-time high of 96 billion gallons in 2019.Jun 10, 2020
• Commercial airlines: worldwide fuel consumption 2005-2021 ...www.statista.com › Transportation & Logistics › Aviation
More than enough, for now at least, to sustain record high consumption of 91.4 million barrels per day. There are 42 gallons in a barrel, so that's 3.8 billion gallons per day. Looked at another way, it's as if every human on the planet went through a gallon of oil every two days.
Oil. Globally, we currently consume the equivalent of over 11 billion tonnes of oil from fossil fuels every year. Crude oil reserves are vanishing at a rate of more than 4 billion tonnes a year – so if we carry on as we are, our known oil deposits could run out in just over 53 years.
When will fossil fuels run out? - Ecotricitywww.ecotricity.co.uk › the-end-of-fossil-fuels
Manufacturing, farming, home heating are just a few of the uses for fuel & oil. Travel by planes or cars I suspect will end before the realization that survival will depend on conserving the dwindling supplies.
The global fuel consumption by commercial airlines increased each year since 2009 and reached an all-time high of 96 billion gallons in 2019.Jun 10, 2020
• Commercial airlines: worldwide fuel consumption 2005-2021 ...www.statista.com › Transportation & Logistics › Aviation
More than enough, for now at least, to sustain record high consumption of 91.4 million barrels per day. There are 42 gallons in a barrel, so that's 3.8 billion gallons per day. Looked at another way, it's as if every human on the planet went through a gallon of oil every two days.
Oil. Globally, we currently consume the equivalent of over 11 billion tonnes of oil from fossil fuels every year. Crude oil reserves are vanishing at a rate of more than 4 billion tonnes a year – so if we carry on as we are, our known oil deposits could run out in just over 53 years.
When will fossil fuels run out? - Ecotricitywww.ecotricity.co.uk › the-end-of-fossil-fuels
Manufacturing, farming, home heating are just a few of the uses for fuel & oil. Travel by planes or cars I suspect will end before the realization that survival will depend on conserving the dwindling supplies.
JimBob1952
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The energy industry is much more worried now about "peak demand" rather than "peak supply." Solar, wind, hydroelectric and hydrogen already account for close to 20 percent of US energy generation and growth is rapid.