♦ nivek ♦ Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fweethawt Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Very cool... But I'm still wondering why the 'World Population', 'Births' and 'Population Growth' aren't growing at the same rate. It's still cool, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuaiDan Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 World population is an absolute number, the number of people on the planet at this moment. Births is the number of births for this year, this month, this week or today, whichever parameter you chose to select. Population growth = births - deaths , within a specified time period. Population growth and population should be increasing at the same rate. If not, perhaps population growth is a measurement of how fast the world population is accelerating, not growing. Dunno man. Just a guess. Edit: Just checked. Zeroed pop growth, compared it to world pop for a period of about 5 minutes, damned if they don't increase at the same rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuaiDan Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 And for every given moment twice as many people are being born than dying. More people gotta die, people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a skeptical believer Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 But I'm still wondering why the 'World Population', 'Births' and 'Population Growth' aren't growing at the same rate. Maybe the people who are "born again" get counted twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vigile Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 And for every given moment twice as many people are being born than dying. More people gotta die, people. This is going to sound heartless, but I try to be a free thinker and can't help thinking about this kind of stuff. But the areas of the world that we are being asked to give aid to by the help orgs are the areas with the largest and most unsustainable population growths are they not? If so, wouldn't aid artificially increase their ability to have even more children? Dunno, perhaps the aid orgs are able to contribute to birth control through education and technology; though I have my doubts. *only thinking out loud* How is China doing btw? Is it still growing? Russia has negative growth and is offering government benis to women to have more than one child. W Europe is losing native populations as well, but I believe they are growing due to N. African immigrants (fodder for the skinheads and a festering situation I think). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taphophilia Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 This is going to sound heartless, but I try to be a free thinker and can't help thinking about this kind of stuff. But the areas of the world that we are being asked to give aid to by the help orgs are the areas with the largest and most unsustainable population growths are they not? If so, wouldn't aid artificially increase their ability to have even more children? Aren't the areas with the largest and most unsustainable population growths horribly oppressive to women? Empowering women to be more than baby factories and giving them control over their reproductive health would do a lot to curb a lot of the problems. However, most organisations dedicated to aid are Christian organisations that are dedicated to keeping women in their place and against birth control and abortion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jun Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Just thought I'd add this: A day in the life of Tõkyõ - Births 690 per day Deaths 216 per day marriages 476 per day Divorces 15 per day Number of people riding trains JR (Japan Railways) 24,000,000 Private Railways 30,934,002 Subways 18,000,000 Ammenities consumption Electrical power consumption (KW) 191,992,056 Water consumption (L) 87,956,000 Sewage processed (sqM) 381,467,871 Industrial waste (tons) 2,900,765 Garbage collected (tons) 1,018,279 House fires 35 Ambulances dispatched (times) 2,099 Traffic accidents 81 Assaults 32 Robberies 13 Cars stolen 3 Found Articles on trains/stations Articles 2,678 Cash 2,130,347,723 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuaiDan Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Only 3 cars stolen a day in Tokyo? Fucking amazing. Before getting dollar signs in your eyes, remember the 2 bil found everyday is in Japanese yen. Amazing how stats can be manipulated. For every 1,000 yen that gets left on the japanese subway, 1 ton of industrial waste is produced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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