RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Unfolding Universe (discovery channel)

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Ross, Matt wrote:

> > We're overpopulated in some places on Earth and underpopulated in
> > other places.  We can certainly 'support' billions more diseased,
> > starving people.  If we could agree on how to manage things, we could
> > probably support many more people at a higher level of subsistence,
> > but we can't get along that well yet.
>
> Eventually, no matter how you look at it, there is a breaking point.  I
> don't know if its when we run out of elbow room, or when we run out of
> carbon atoms though.


Here's a fun fact for you:  Everyone on Earth could easily fit into one
big cubic-mile-size box.  Let's give everyone a 6' x 2' x 2' space.  That
would allow for 6,133,248,000 people...

  5280^3/(6*2*2*10^9) = 6.1332

Sure, a few people won't fit in their space, but most people (e.g., kids)
would have loads of extra room.  And that's without puréeing anybody!

So I don't feel that we're near carrying capacity yet.

Mike


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