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HamdenRice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-23-07 05:46 AM
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68. 6 billion are guaranteed to die by century end w/ or w/o global warming!
I know, it's a silly semantic point, but I'm a stickler for precise expression:

There are 6 billion people on earth right now. Almost all of them will be dead by age 90. Therefore, 6 billion people will die within the 93 years it will take until 2100 -- global warming or not.

I think the OP means there will be 6 billion additional deaths, or the population will be 6 billion lower than projected.
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