Friday, October 28, 2011
Another "unintended consequence" we need to "accommodate" to ...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
The world's most crowded place
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Screams lead deputies to man stuck under tree
Screams lead deputies to man stuck under tree
Firefighters are trying to remove a man who became trapped underneath a tree near a creek bed.
LAGUNA HILLS – Screams for help led deputies down a creek bed to find a man stuck underneath a tree Tuesday morning, authorities said.
Deputies discovered the man trapped at about 10:30 a.m. after receiving reports of someone screaming and conducting a patrol check near Los Alisos Boulevard and Paseo de Valenica, said Lt. Roland Chacon of the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
"The subject is stuck underneath the tree, and part of his body is underground as well," Chacon said.
Firefighters were also called for a mental health check, said Battalion Chief Kris Concepcion of the Orange County Fire Authority.
Authorities are not sure how the man became stuck underneath the tree, officials said, but have requested heavy equipment to get him out.
As of noon, the man was still trapped under the tree, Chacon said.
(That's as of noon today, about an hour ago!)FRISH
How to cope with fewer people...
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Ben and Jerry's new rum flavor offering is being denied shelfspace
Ragusa, 44, said they find the name and the skit itself to be just harmless humor, and she checks for the item almost every time she stops at her nearby Publix store."
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Meet your 7 billion neighbors
The numbers behind the numbers: Meet your 7 billion neighbors by Lisa Hymas 23 Sep 2011
http://www.grist.org/population/2011-09-23-numbers-statistics-population-meet-your-7-billion-neighbors
Yeah, yeah, you know -- the world population is hitting 7 billion this year. Here are some facts about the world's people that you might not already be familiar with.
50,000 -- years it took for the human population to reach 1 billion, in 1800 1
12 -- years it took to add the latest billion, in 2011 2
12 -- projected number of years it could take to add the next billion, by 2023 2
9.3 billion -- potential world population in 2050, according to the U.N.'s medium projection 3
10.1 billion -- potential world population in 2100, according to the U.N.'s medium projection 3
15.8 billion -- potential world population in 2100 if fertility rates don't fall as much as expected, according to the U.N.'s high projection 3
158 -- people added to the planet every minute (births minus deaths) 4
227,252 -- people added to the planet every day 4
82,947,000 -- people added to the planet every year 4
100-1,000 -- factor by which the extinction rate of species has increased since Homo sapiens came onto the scene 5
15-37 -- percentage of existing species expected to be pushed to extinction by 2050 because of human-driven climate change 6
60 -- percentage of key ecosystem services (freshwater, air and water purification, etc.) degraded or used unsustainably by humans over the last 50 years 7
350,000 -- number of Endangered Species Condoms the Center for Biological Diversity gave away in 2010 8
100,000 -- number of Endangered Species Condoms the center plans to give away this fall, with your help 8
5.0 -- number of children born to the average woman in 1950 9
2.5 -- number of children born to the average woman today 4, 9
2.0 -- number of children born to the average woman in the U.S. 4
0.9 -- number of children born to the average woman in Taiwan, the country with the world's lowest fertility rate 4
7.0 -- number of children born to the average woman in Niger, the country with the world's highest fertility rate 4
215 million -- number of women in the world who want to prevent or delay pregnancy but don't have access to modern contraception 10
$16.9 billion -- estimated annual cost of providing family-planning services to all women in developing countries 11
$20.8 billion -- amount Wall Street firms paid out in bonuses in 2010 12
1.25 billion -- number of people living in more developed countries 4
5.75 billion -- number of people living in less developed countries 4
100 -- percentage of future population growth expected to happen in less developed countries 13
1.35 billion -- population of China, the most populous nation on earth 4
1.24 billion -- population of India, the second most populous nation 4
312 million -- population of the U.S., the third most populous nation 4
4.5 -- percentage of world population living in the U.S. 14
18 -- percentage of global CO2 from fossil-fuel burning emitted in the U.S. 15
1 -- rank of the U.S. in terms of energy consumption 16
18 -- number of languages the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement website has been translated into 17
http://www.vhemt.org/
0 -- chance of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement achieving its goal
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Sources:
Hat tips to Vicky Markham and Laurie Mazur.
1. "What If Experts Are Wrong On World Population Growth?" by Carl Haub, Yale Environment 360.
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/what_if_experts_are_wrong_on_world_population_growth/2444/
"Scientists Rough Out Humanity's 50,000-Year-Old Story," by Nicholas Wade, New York Times Learning Network.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20001115wednesday.html
2. "Population Bulletin: The World at 7 Billion," Population Reference Bureau.
http://www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2011/world-population-data-sheet/population-bulletin.aspx
3. "World Population to Reach 10 Billion by 2100 if Fertility in All Countries Converges to Replacement Level" [PDF], United Nations.
http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Other-Information/Press_Release_WPP2010.pdf
4. "2011 World Population Data Sheet," Population Reference Bureau.
http://www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2011/world-population-data-sheet/data-sheet.aspx
5. "Humans driving extinction faster than species can evolve, say experts," by Juliette Jowit, The Guardian.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/mar/07/extinction-species-evolve
6. "Extinction risk from climate change," by Chris D. Thomas et al., Nature.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v427/n6970/abs/nature02121.html
7. "Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Synthesis" [PDF], Millenium Ecosystem Assessment.
http://millenniumassessment.org/documents/document.356.aspx.pdf
8. "Endangered Species Condoms," Center for Biological Diversity.
http://www.endangeredspeciescondoms.com/
9. "9 Billion?" by Leslie Roberts, Science.
http://video.sciencemag.org/SciOriginals/1084573072001/1
10. "Facts on Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health" [PDF], Guttmacher Institute.
http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/FB-AIU-summary.pdf
11. "Population policies, programmes and the environment," by J. Joseph Speidel et al., Philosophical Transactions B. Correspondence with J. Joseph Speidel, August 2011.
http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/364/1532/3049.short
12. "Wall Street bonuses," The Economist.
http://www.economist.com/node/18231330
"Wall Street Cash Bonuses Fall, Despite Strong Profit," by Brett Philbin, The Wall Street Journal.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703775704576162731016064512.html
13. "Rapid Growth in Less Developed Regions," United Nations Population Fund.
http://www.unfpa.org/pds/trends.htm
14. "U.S. and World Population Clocks," U.S. Census Bureau.
http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
15. "List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions," Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions
16. The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions
17. Voluntary Human Extinction Movement website.
http://www.vhemt.org/
Augie
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Others May Simply Live
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
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Bootprints
What about our present abusive bootprint on the extinguishing bodies and habitats of thousands of innocent, nonhuman, beings?
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1. | Head south toward Northrop Ave | 135 ft |
2. | Turn left onto Northrop Ave | 0.4 mi |
3. | Turn left onto Crenshaw Blvd | 0.3 mi |
4. | Take the ramp onto I-105 E | 2.2 mi |
5. | Take exit 7B to merge onto I-110 Ntoward Los Angeles | 8.5 mi |
6. | Continue onto CA-110 N | 1.7 mi |
7. | Take exit 24A to merge onto US-101 Ntoward Hollywood | 2.3 mi |
8. | Take exit 5B for Silver Lake Blvd | 0.1 mi |
9. | Turn right onto Silver Lake Blvd | 2.2 mi |
10. | Turn right onto Glendale Blvd Destination will be on the left | 344 ft |
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Overpopulation is a myth (dot com!)
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From an article...regarding eating locally...
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
Forests, CO2, and climate chaos...
"Scientists are not sure how likely this feedback loop is, and they are not eager to find out the hard way"
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