2000 vs 2010 how the world has changed

[SAWYER]

I found this on another board, pretty interesting

 

[rcpratt]

Wow, 5.3 billion cell phone subscriptions, didn't think it would be that high.

 

[Bateluer]

Interesting. The Environment numbers suggest that the End Times are near.

 

[Pocatello]

Cell phones are nice to have, but what about the number of people having access to plumbing and clean water?

 

[Bateluer]

Cell phones are nice to have, but what about the number of people having access to plumbing and clean water?

Useless.

 

[Theo Moreau]

Thats pretty interesting. It'd be cool to see something like that measuring a lot more metrics.

 

[Scouzer]

It's interesting how people go to the movies less, yet we pay a fuckton more for the privilege.

 

[rcpratt]

It's interesting how people go to the movies less, yet we pay a fuckton more for the privilege.

Inflation is a magical thing?

 

[Homerboy]

US power consumption went down?

 

[Cuda1447]

US power consumption went down?

Yea, I found that surprising!

 

[datalink7]

Wow, 5.3 billion cell phone subscriptions, didn't think it would be that high.

Yeah you'd be surprised.

When I was deployed to Iraq, people didn't have running water, food, or electricity off the grid (they would have community generators). But somehow everyone had a cell phone :hmm:

 

[Bateluer]

Inflation is a magical thing?

Or more people watch on home on their HD systems without all the crap that comes with a theater? Studios gotta maintain profit margins you know, Leer jets don't fuel themselves.

 

[Arkaign]

~1B more people in 10 years, wow It took many many many thousands of years for humanity to reach ~1B total in the first place, now a decade increases the number that much.

 

[Pollock]

why would you measure chinese power consumption in trillion kWhr and u.s. power consumption in quadrillion BTU? it's a simple conversion...

 

[Arkaign]

why would you measure chinese power consumption in trillion kWhr and u.s. power consumption in quadrillion BTU? it's a simple conversion...

The originating datasets are probably not equivalent.

I would have preferred to see kWh for both, but the US data presumably includes gas use, etc.

 

[rcpratt]

why would you measure chinese power consumption in trillion kWhr and u.s. power consumption in quadrillion BTU? it's a simple conversion...

Because American units are retarded and we like to show it.

 

[Arkaign]

Because American units are retarded and we like to show it.

lolwut?

BTU = British Thermal Unit

It's far superior to kWh in measuring broad power usage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTU#Conversions

 

[futuristicmonkey]

lolwut?

BTU = British Thermal Unit

It's far superior to kWh in measuring broad power usage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTU#Conversions

Yes let's use a unit of measure which is based on the amount of energy needed to raise a foot^3 of water 1 degree fahrenheit. Also, how many different tons/tonnes are there? For some reason a mile is 5280 feet with each foot being 12 inches -- I think I'll develop a totally new system of units with even more seemingly random divisions. The whole world has embraced the metric system for a good reason.

How is a BTU "far superior" to the kWh ?

 

[ElFenix]

The whole world has embraced the metric system for a good reason.

that reason being... napoleon conquered most of europe which then enslaved most of the rest of the world in colonies

 

[Arkaign]

Yes let's use a unit of measure which is based on the amount of energy needed to raise a foot^3 of water 1 degree fahrenheit. Also, how many different tons/tonnes are there? For some reason a mile is 5280 feet with each foot being 12 inches -- I think I'll develop a totally new system of units with even more seemingly random divisions. The whole world has embraced the metric system for a good reason.

How is a BTU "far superior" to the kWh ?

I realize it sounds convoluted at first, but it's a good general measurement of energy. BTU is superior to kWh as kWh is generally only used to measure electricity. Of course you can use conversion math on kWh as well, but you seldom to never see it used in that way.

 

[Scouzer]

that reason being... napoleon conquered most of europe which then enslaved most of the rest of the world in colonies

or because it makes a shit ton more sense than you tards with 5280 feet to a mile

 

[qliveur]

~1B more people in 10 years, wow It took many many many thousands of years for humanity to reach ~1B total in the first place, now a decade increases the number that much.

I noticed that, too. It can't be too long before we reach the point where we start dying off due to overpopulation. Within 100 years, maybe.

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

The population increase is scary... I mean by 2050 we could be looking at 15B people if it keeps up

Also Lol, the ridiculous increase in natural disasters would make it look like 2012 is the real deal

 

[disappoint]

~1B more people in 10 years, wow It took many many many thousands of years for humanity to reach ~1B total in the first place, now a decade increases the number that much.

Exponential growth FTL.