7 Billion
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7 Billion
National Geographic is running a year-long series on our growing population, and they created this video to kick it off. It's pretty interesting, and they have a page dedicated to this special series here.
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-Terry Pratchett[/SIZE][/font]
-Terry Pratchett[/SIZE][/font]
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Cognitive Gear - Posts: 2381
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ITS OVER 9000!
Sorry couldn't help myself. Ah, Malthusias would likely roll over in his grave at our major population growth, but I do think that it should be fine for a while to come - at least if we start to be less greedy in destroying our resources and don't waste vast quantities of precious metals and energy on killing one another. That is to say, if we use our world wisely and conservatively, it could provide a wonderful habitat for humanity to thrive on for generations and generations to come.
Sorry couldn't help myself. Ah, Malthusias would likely roll over in his grave at our major population growth, but I do think that it should be fine for a while to come - at least if we start to be less greedy in destroying our resources and don't waste vast quantities of precious metals and energy on killing one another. That is to say, if we use our world wisely and conservatively, it could provide a wonderful habitat for humanity to thrive on for generations and generations to come.
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Dante - Posts: 1323
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Pascal wrote:That is to say, if we use our world wisely and conservatively, it could provide a wonderful habitat for humanity to thrive on for generations and generations to come.
We're doomed.
Ezekiel 23:20
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Nate - Posts: 10725
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SBS need to update their "six billion stories and counting" motto then....
It's closer to a logistic function in the long term.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logistic_function
blkmage (post: 1448490) wrote:That exponential curve was kinda scary.
It's closer to a logistic function in the long term.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logistic_function
Everywhere like such as, and MOES.
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