OT: Sorry, did I step on your toe - U.S. population..

[Kevan]

reaches 300 million at 7:46 a.m. ET Tuesday, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. I gather George Carlin never did find that woman.

Back is 1955, when I graced this planet with my presence, the U.S. population was a bit more than half the current count.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/16/300.million.main/index.html

http://www.npg.org/facts/us_historical_pops.htm

It's small wonder there's an increased interest in cycling, it's in the numbers!

[shinomaster]

Everyone should keep having 6 kids..

[vaxn8r]

Somebody's gonna have to pay taxes.

[oracle]

300 million is chump change.
both india and china have populations in excess of two billion
combined, that's over 1/3 of the world population concentrated in south and east asia.

stock up? (http://www.bikepro.com/products/hubs/hubs_nuke.html)

[oracle]

Everyone should keep having 6 kids..


that's just the ones who are searching for the golden tablets...
the word (http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/religion/joseph-smith/cuneiform_gold_tablet_shrunk.jpg)

[zeroking17]

300 million is chump change.
both india and china have populations in excess of two billion
combined, that's over 1/3 of the world population concentrated in south and east asia.

stock up? (http://www.bikepro.com/products/hubs/hubs_nuke.html)


I agree that 300 million is less than significant in purely quantitative terms, however the rest of the story would factor in the percentage of the world's resources consumed per capita by USAmericans versus Chinese and Indians. In these terms, the USA still leaves a bigger footprint on the earth.

[djg]

Everyone should keep having 6 kids..

Got three. Each is a joy--precious beyond words. I'm blessed. And there's no effin way I'm gonna be blessed with a fourth, much less six. You party on shino ... I'm just trying to get by.

[oracle]

I agree that 300 million is less than significant in purely quantitative terms, however the rest of the story would factor in the percentage of the world's resources consumed per capita by USAmericans versus Chinese and Indians. In these terms, the USA still leaves a bigger footprint on the earth.


don't look at the situation statically; just wait ten or fifteen years until the development models come to fruition.

[zeroking17]

don't look at the situation statically; just wait ten or fifteen years until the development models come to fruition.

That's a good point. The USA has set a dubious "resource hungry" standard that those countries will emulate. I remain less than optimistic.

[oracle]

That's a good point. The USA has set a dubious "resource hungry" standard that those countries will emulate. I remain less than optimistic.

they are well under way in terms of emulating; look into the forecasts for china's petrol consumption over the next twenty years and you may find yourself less than-less than optimistic.

you may need this to cope (http://www.prozac.com/index.jsp)

[zeroking17]

they are well under way in terms of emulating; look into the forecasts for china's petrol consumption over the next twenty years and you may find yourself less than-less than optimistic.

you may need this to cope (http://www.prozac.com/index.jsp)

Think of the future market for Prozac in China!

[catulle]

+ it's all exponential. Like an up-side down pyramid gone berzerk.

[oracle]

i think that this is more their style these days, from what i've seen....... (http://www.remy.com/ch/index.htm)

[zeroking17]

+ it's all exponential. Like an up-side down pyramid gone berzerk.

Yes, that's the calculation driving the Chinese government's "one child per family" policy.

[zeroking17]

i think that this is more their style these days, from what i've seen....... (http://www.remy.com/ch/index.htm)


Makes the Prozac go down real smooooooooooooooooooooth.

[Sandy]

+ it's all exponential. Like an up-side down pyramid gone berzerk.

Yeah, like someone standing upside down on their head, trying to figure out some solutions. All they get is a bigger headache.


Sandy

[bcm119]

"Overpopulation" in developing nations seems to be a growing problem, no pun intened, but just as a side note, I think its only a problem because we've made it a problem. Overpopulation is a term we coined when it became apparent that modern, colonial agriculture doesn't mesh well with the cultures of developing nations. Its a phenomenon thats been constructed by globalization. My point is, "overpopulation" should be thought of in terms of much bigger, interconnected issues than just numbers of people.

[oracle]

"Overpopulation" in developing nations seems to be a growing problem, no pun intened, but just as a side note, I think its only a problem because we've made it a problem. Overpopulation is a term we coined when it became apparent that modern, colonial agriculture doesn't mesh well with the cultures of developing nations. Its a phenomenon thats been constructed by globalization. My point is, "overpopulation" should be thought of in terms of much bigger, interconnected issues than just numbers of people.


when more and more of those 'numbers' are having personal automobiles and refridgeration units attached to them at a rate that is growing daily by the hundreds of thousands, it strikes me as being more or less about the numbers, but i'm with you in spirit.

[bcm119]

when more and more of those 'numbers' are having personal automobiles and refridgeration units attached to them at a rate that is growing daily by the hundreds of thousands, it strikes me as being more or less about the numbers, but i'm with you in spirit.
Yes, thats the way in which it will eventually bite us in the ***... in fact not just our ***, but the collective, global ***.

[shinomaster]

Got three. Each is a joy--precious beyond words. I'm blessed. And there's no effin way I'm gonna be blessed with a fourth, much less six. You party on shino ... I'm just trying to get by.


No...my girlfriends charming daughter is plenty for me.