World population.. May or may not be true..

[GilbertGrape]

http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/worldpop.ht...

"We share the planet with 5.7 billion people. If one could stand all the people in the world, men, women and children two feet apart, how much of the world would they take up? All of Africa? All of North America? New York state? If every person alive today stood two feet apart they would fill less than the area of Dallas County! And there would still be room for all the buildings! If the world's people were put together into families of four living on 50' by 100' lots, they could all live in the state of Texas, with more than seven thousand square miles left over."

Edited by GilbertGrape on Saturday 10th January 11:58

[macleary]

If we are taking a billion as being one thousand million then 5.7billion people standing 2 feet apart would take up a little over 200 square miles.

Not very much really.

[Jimbo.]

You get the impression someone's trying a similar experiment on C2C rail every evening...

[ShadownINja]

The problem occurs when said people want to do something like lie down... or play a sport... or buy something.

[croyde]

I've heard that before and originally it was The Isle of White, but that was when China's population was a mere 400 Million.

[motco]

croyde said:

I've heard that before and originally it was The Isle of White, but that was when China's population was a mere 400 Million.

That was/is/true if [a] they stand very close together, and [b] the tide is out!

[V8mate]

Jimbo. said:

You get the impression someone's trying a similar experiment on C2C rail every evening...

Two feet between every passenger? Pure luxury!

Lucky to get two inches on any other line

[Vipers]

V8mate said:

Jimbo. said:

You get the impression someone's trying a similar experiment on C2C rail every evening...

Two feet between every passenger? Pure luxury!

Lucky to get two inches on any other line

Could be worse, could be six inches.

[thinfourth2]

ShadownINja said:

The problem occurs when said people want to do something like lie down... or play a sport... or buy something.

or fart

[BigLepton]

croyde said:

I've heard that before and originally it was The Isle of White, but that was when China's population was a mere 400 Million.

Is that near the Isle of Wight?

And yes, you can fit the entire population of the world on the IOW, to see what that feels like, visit during Cowes Week. . . . . .

[ShadownINja]

thinfourth2 said:

ShadownINja said:

The problem occurs when said people want to do something like lie down... or play a sport... or buy something.

or fart

Yes, everyone will move to the neighbouring state.

[V8A*ndy]

How about

"There is more people alive today than have ever died EVER!"?????

[mybrainhurts]

ShadownINja said:

The problem occurs when said people want to do something like lie down... or play a sport... or buy something.

Or have a crap...

At the same time...

[King Herald]

macleary said:

If we are taking a billion as being one thousand million then 5.7billion people standing 2 feet apart would take up a little over 200 square miles.

Not very much really.

I saw, like, more people than that at Woodstock, man.

[havoc]

The question is more how much of the earth's surface area do they use for their own consumption??? A large multiple of that is the answer...

[croyde]

BigLepton said:

croyde said:

I've heard that before and originally it was The Isle of White, but that was when China's population was a mere 400 Million.

Is that near the Isle of Wight?

And yes, you can fit the entire population of the world on the IOW, to see what that feels like, visit during Cowes Week. . . . . .

Doh! I'll spell it rite next time.;)

[Trevelyan]

V8A*ndy said:

How about

"There is more people alive today than have ever died EVER!"?????

I'v heard that said before, but I still don't really believe it. Considering humans have been loafing around for several thousand years, I just don't see how the figures can possibly add up.

[mybrainhurts]

If they all lit their farts together, what would happen...?

[King Herald]

V8A*ndy said:

How about

"There is more people alive today than have ever died EVER!"?????

You just made that up, didn't you?