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29. In my lifetime (70 years) world population has increased from 2.5 billion to 7.2 billion

Sat Dec 8, 2018, 08:38 PM

Dec 2018

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The Population of Planet Earth over the Past 12,000 Years [View all] MineralMan Dec 2018 OP

Well, don't forget that sex was only discovered in about 3000 BC. pangaia Dec 2018 #1

LOL! MineralMan Dec 2018 #2

And the Female orgasm in 1975 A HERETIC I AM Dec 2018 #13

HA HA !! pangaia Dec 2018 #18

Ah HA! So it's body heat that's warming up the planet!! Roland99 Dec 2018 #3

More like trying to maintain body heat, really. MineralMan Dec 2018 #4

Hah! PatSeg Dec 2018 #6

It's a recognized contributor, particularly locally Recursion Dec 2018 #9

We also contribute considerable carbon dioxide. MineralMan Dec 2018 #15

Note: The last Ice Age on this planet ended about 12,000 years ago. MineralMan Dec 2018 #5

some might say we are still in an ice age scarytomcat Dec 2018 #22

Scientists say we are in an ice age. n/t sl8 Dec 2018 #24

Over the same period, wild animal biomass has gone down by 95% The_jackalope Dec 2018 #7

Future Shock (Tofler) called it a J curve for such graphs. BSdetect Dec 2018 #8

Six billion miracles is enough. CrispyQ Dec 2018 #10

Excellent thread. K&R and bookmarked for the charts. yonder Dec 2018 #11

Population growth has gone from exponential to linear since 1980 The_jackalope Dec 2018 #12

Only in some places. Globally, it's still rising exponentially. MineralMan Dec 2018 #14

A more terrifying chart would include estimates of non-human species... Spider Jerusalem Dec 2018 #16

I try to keep my posts limited to a single subject. MineralMan Dec 2018 #17

One thing at a time. MineralMan Dec 2018 #21

I've heard it said Cartoonist Dec 2018 #27

It will eventually. Snackshack Dec 2018 #28

Yes. I'm 73. MineralMan Dec 2018 #30