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G2Rad
19th May 2010, 05:48 PM
World population chart

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2614/4117983288_f741c1b9a7.jpg

Makes me think about
1. number of ounces of gold above ground
2. acreage of agricultural land

source (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Population_curve.svg)
Luis337
19th May 2010, 06:21 PM
looks like a classic example of exponential growth
Festina Lente
19th May 2010, 06:23 PM
World population chart

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2614/4117983288_f741c1b9a7.jpg

Makes me think about
1. number of ounces of gold above ground
2. acreage of agricultural land

source (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Population_curve.svg)


Also, peak oil and yeast colonies.

This is not sustainable. :-\
woodman
19th May 2010, 07:47 PM
Autolysis shall commence soon.
RJB
19th May 2010, 08:18 PM
So we're about to be someone's beer?
kregener
19th May 2010, 10:14 PM
Peak oil is a myth.
Cebu_4_2
19th May 2010, 11:19 PM
Al gore invented the internet and hockey charts. Lets give a week.
Festina Lente
19th May 2010, 11:45 PM
This is not sustainable. :-\


so, what is it? war? famine? or pestilence?


A potential exists for any one or all of those scenarios to occur; however, food and water shortages are most likely, IMO.
G2Rad
20th May 2010, 05:06 AM
am I the only one who thinks the chart is racist?
Gknowmx
20th May 2010, 05:14 AM
am I the only one who thinks the chart is racist?


Yes, would that be a race to faster growth, or faster death?
Neuro
20th May 2010, 10:51 AM
am I the only one who thinks the chart is racist?


Probably not, but I would appreciate if you typed a 2000 word essay, explaining what racist means...;)

Further isn't it a bit homophobic? Where does Adam and Steve fit in to all of this?
MoShaniqua
20th May 2010, 11:17 AM
I wonder when they'll really start trying to kill us off...
Not much longer, I'd venture to say. :o
Ash_Williams
20th May 2010, 11:23 AM
am I the only one who thinks the chart is racist?

Yeah probably a white guy made it.

Just to add something, that chart should be up near 7 billion now. That's the thing with exponential growth... the 1 decade between then and now would barely register on the chart, but the 1 billion difference between 6 and 7 is huge.
RJB
20th May 2010, 06:34 PM
am I the only one who thinks the chart is racist?
Maybe that this info is aimed at western nations whose population is already in decline while the non-white nations are the one with the population explosion?
k-os
20th May 2010, 07:30 PM
am I the only one who thinks the chart is racist?


You mean because the chart is mostly white with a horrifying black curve at the end?
YukonCornelius
20th May 2010, 07:52 PM
Seems unsustainable. No need to worry though. Bill Gates will be happy to fund an extermination project through vaccines and some other things.
Neuro
21st May 2010, 05:03 AM
G2Rad you would have been far more responsible if you didn't have any children, dropped depleted uranium in the middle east.

Just make sure that your child gets whatever it needs to be able to grow up to a healthy, strong, responsible and independent man/woman, regardless of what the authorities think is good for your family...
Ash_Williams
21st May 2010, 09:09 AM
This chart is also one of the reasons that land will be my next large investment. I doesn't even have to be agricultural. Some people can't live in the clusterfuck cities and they'll want 20 acres or so to get away to. If you have some forest even 5 acres can be enough for a feeling of privacy.