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World Population Becomes More Urban Than Rural
biohack writes "A major demographic shift took place on Wednesday, May 23, 2007: For the first time in human history, the earth's population is more urban than rural. According to scientists from North Carolina State University and the University of Georgia, on that day, a predicted global urban population of 3,303,992,253 exceeded that of 3,303,866,404 rural people. In the US, the tipping point from a majority rural to a majority urban population came early in the late 1910s."
Yes, that is why they invented the "Voluntary Milking System." Yes, it runs on Linux!
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4275702675.htm
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More plausible is that this is a projection : they know a rough estimate of the population at Jan 1st 2007 and they know the birth rate, death rate, the rate of urbanization, the differences in fertility and life expectancy in cities and countryside and they get a non-round number, not precise but that bears some information nonetheless.
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And finally, artificial light, in the modern day, burns up the least amount of energy of our various electrical appliance. Things like computers, washers, dryers and others burn up 100 times or more the electricty in an hour than the average modern day light.
You are right if you are talking from 1980's you are wrong about today.
Incandescent lighting uses more power in your home than the appliances, IF the appliances are modern and not 1980's crap because you cant afford to buy anything.
My new fridge uses 24 watts of electricity. Yes the Fridge. The new washer and dryer I got my wife uses less than a Kilowatt when running and heat is set to high. If set to normal it uses 250 watts. Add up the 50 or so 60 watt lightbulbs in the house and you get that the lights use a crapload more power than the fridge and washer and dryer. Electric heat and electric cooking is incredibly inefficient, get gas. Also Air conditioning during the summer uses far less than it used to. Window air conditioners are down to 5 amps of draw. A decent quality whole house AC unit draws only 10 amps, and if the house is decently insulated, Only runs for a total of 1 hour when it's 86 degrees outside and I dont forget to pull all the blinds during the day to keep the sunlight out.
My highest electricity consumer is my lighting AND the 60 or more damned wall-warts charging cellphones, cameras, camcorders, remotes, wireless headphones, etc.... Even my home server and Security camera recorders use very low power cince I switched to Via C7 processor based systems (Server went from 270watts to 28)
If you cant afford modern appliances, yes, lightbulbs are your least worry. but when you have a large home or even a standard home those bulbs add up fast. Specifically when you get high ceilings and have to have 15 100 watt bulbs in the can lights that are 16 feet off the floor like many people are doing now in their houses.
I abandoned my lighting control system and switched to CF bulbs and some LED bulbs and lowered my electric bill by $100 a month. (Note, LED bulbs still suck right now. the best are the same as a 15 watt light bulb in brightness)
So if you are the typical poor urbanite that lives in a dump near central park and your fridge is from 1979 as well as your other appliances, then yes, lightbulbs are not your biggest power problem.
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