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US Population to Top 300 Million
An anonymous reader writes "The number of Americans will surpass 300 million this month, a milestone that raises environmental impact questions for the only major industrial nation whose population is increasing substantially. The US census bureau says the 300 million mark will be reached 39 years after US population topped 200 million and 91 years after it exceeded 100 million. That makes US the third most populous country behind china and india. It is noteworthy that sheer number of human beings do not necessarily have the heaviest impact on the environment. Instead environmental impact is a calculation that involves population, affluence and technology. The US consumes nearly 25% of the world's energy though it has only 5% of the world's population and has the highest per capita oil consumption worldwide. Each American produces about 2.3 kg of trash a day, a rate about 5 times that in developing countries."
All the virgins on here are really practicing population control. I salute you all!
Shit! Quick, go to a school and start a killing spree! It's the only way to keep this thing under control.
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"The US consumes nearly 25% of the worlds energy though it has only 5 % of the worlds population..." We can do better than that. Thanks to ATI / nVidia and their 1.21 gigawatt next gen GPUs, I'm confident we can shatter this number by next year.
Holy super-freaking-crowded roadways Batman! Where the hell will 120 MILLION additional people go? Probably straight out on the roads to turn my 30-minute commute into 1-1/2 hours.
Just like the last story, cue the anarcho-capitalists who will ask "Would you rather have it any other way?"
Yeah, they probably will. But would you rather have it any other way?
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go to war with China (those bastages are taking all the oil we need), we need to increase population to catch up to them...It is all part of the administration's master plan for when Jeb becomes president.
"You need 50 more units of WOOD to finish constructing this BABY."
People in America are plenty familiar with a kilo. They are smallish bricks that are relatively easy to stash in vehicle cutouts and can be used to negotiate for cash with shady characters at the local strip club.
At least that's what the movies tell me.
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You'll be waiting awhile for that. Oceans rose at a constant 0.3mm per year from 1901 - 2000. So, 3 cm over 100 years. I think you should be able to figure out the rest.
But but... Day After Tomorrow said...
Everyone knows that Rhode Island really isn't a state, it just a joke perpetuated by New Englanders on the rest of the country for their own amusement.
New England is really one state, it just gets twelve Senatorial votes and has a particularly byzantine internal tax code.
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Each american produces about 2.3 kg of trash a day
/. posts? Because some of us should be well over 2.3 kg.
Does that include
And what are these kg's anyway? I thought we were talking about americans? Can't we use big macs or something STANDARD to measure things?
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That's about 22 million American tons of people. If you're checking my math, remember to allow for kids.
Look up your own satirical comparison here, for example New York alone allegedly produces that much waste anually.
Reduce, reuse, cycle
Now that the Israelis have stopped bombing the place, Lebanese point out that "Beirut's no Detroit". After all, they're actually repairing the damage in Beirut...
I cheated, the UK is still just a territory. I'm betting on Australia and Canada to beat it to statehood. The colonies have to stick together.
KFG
Since I first came to Canada 10 years ago, I've seem the population grow from 28 million to 32.
Yeah, but 4 million Canadian is only like 1.3 million American.
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What is the multiplication factor if you count corpses in developing countries as trash?
I've heard some pretty hideous things about Rochester, Syracuse, etc. and apparently it's all true. Thanks for the insight.
Would somebody PLEASE change that wiki article to make the US look better?!?!
:%s:work:/.:g
Hey, it ain't my fault, I'm just the messenger.
KFG
We're Americans, we measure our trash output in pounds, not kilograms. The metric system is for those snooty Europeans.
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People should need a lisence to reproduce.... It should also be based on income to proffesion, IQ, and education.
Application to reproduce denied.
Hey, this could work...
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Quiet... The Highlands are FULL damnit!
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uh, the problem with colder climates is not just the temperature and that that you have to cover yourself from head to toe.
The problem is that all the young members of the opposite sex also are covering thier bodies from head to toe.