Estimated World Population to Pass 6,666,666,666 Today 645
suso writes ""The estimated population of the world will pass 6,666,666,666 today. No doubt an interesting number for people everywhere (not referring to any religion connotations). 5,555,555,555 was passed about 14 years ago. You may not realize that only 80 years ago, the population of the Earth was only around 2 billion. This shows how the population of the world has increased at an alarming rate in recent times, although the growth rate is almost half what it was at its peak in 1963, when it was 2.2%. Unrelated but also an interesting coincidence, the estimated number of available IPv4 addresses is getting very close to 666,666,666. It should cross over today as well.""
An update (Score:5, Informative)
It is "you are", not "your"! (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Satanic (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Satanic (more accurate quotation) (Score:1, Informative)
Actually, the quote I have seen (which looks quite a lot like THIS number) from the Bible is:
600 threescore AND SIX
Specifically, from REVELATIONS (St. John/Holy Bible of Catholicism):
"Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six"
(Correct me if I'm wrong fellas, thanks!)
APK
P.S.=> The way things keep going in this world today, man... it's getting to look MORE & MORE like the "Revelations" of St. John... apk
Re:going to hell! (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Population Control & Modern Views (Score:4, Informative)
Licensing would only work if there were consequences, like putting children up for adoptions and sterilization. But that would not fly, even in countries like China. It would definitely not fly here in western nations because both religious sects and politicians want more, MORE people. Reasons are similar, more people => more money from taxes and "donations". There is no regard for long term sustainability.
And sadly, there is very little public forum for this. We, as a population, are not evolved enough to think rationally about real world issues. The only discussion about facts like overpopulation and global warming is emotional tantrums in spite of reality.
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And I think I see the problem (Score:3, Informative)
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D90I4TN00&show_article=1&catnum=0 [breitbart.com]
Yes this is really helping things out....
Re:How do they know? What about Burma? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:How do they know? What about Burma? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:How do they know? What about Burma? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:How do they know? What about Burma? (Score:2, Informative)
Population growth = Births - Deaths
There are approx. 360000 Births per day so grown is approx. 210000 humans per day.
The impact of 1 million extra death would therefore date the clock back by less than 5 days.
Re:huh, I don't get it (Score:5, Informative)
Re:An update (Score:1, Informative)
Re:How do they know? What about Burma? (Score:2, Informative)
You can easily satisfy all your protein requirements with vegetable sources. The argument that you need to eat meat is bogus.
That being said, I eat meat. I eat it for the same reason everyone does - it tastes good!.
Re:How do they know? What about Burma? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Zero Growth Rate (Score:3, Informative)
Nope. Check the List of countries by birth rate [wikipedia.org] compiled from the UN statisitics, or the chart [wikipedia.org] compiled from the CIA factbook stats. I don't know where you've been looking.
You may want to read the brief snippit on comparing infant mortality [wikipedia.org] as well.
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