Saturday, February 25, 2006

Greetings, Bi-Pedal Life Forms!

The Earth's population is projected to reach 6.5 billion at 7:16 p.m. EST Saturday, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and its World Population Clock.

Welcome to Earth!


Does the 6,500,000th human win a special prize?

14 comments:

cube said...

Earth is awesome. I envy the astronauts that have seen it from orbit.

Topwomen said...

Here's how a four year old interprets that statement--many years ago when my youngest was four there was another momentous population marker being made and we announced this to our two daughters. My youngest then asked "does that include Nicholas?" (a newborn close family friend)

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Jamie Dawn said...

That's a pretty specific guesstimate. I wonder what the significance of 7:16 is?
6.5 billion is a LOT of people.

cube said...

Guesstimate is a good word for it.
Who really knows?

What I find funny is how the old doomsayer predictions that we'd be out of food, or out of air, or out of you-name-it, have been proved wrong. This planet and the people who inhabit it, have an enormous capacity to persevere. Gotta love that.

Minka said...

Hey Cube, don´t know if you read my entry about the 300,000 person in Iceland. A boy...he got loads of presents!!!

Jen said...

Isn't that wild? I saw that the other day. Crazy.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting on my knitting project, I'm glad to say that it's DONE!!!!

birdwoman said...

I think they get the 6.5 thillionth sandwich sold at mickey d's.

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cube said...

monika: Lucky boy. I hadn't seen it yet, but I will.

jen: aren't you glad that's over? Now you can back to the important stuff...like blogging ;-)

birdwoman: thillionth?

Sar said...

Isn't it amazing how that many people fit on a planet that from orbit appears (and actually is) predominantly comprised of water. Things that make you go hmmmm.

cube said...

It is precisely that water that is the basis for life as we know it. To an alien race, we humans might appear to as "ugly bags of mostly water".

Caz said...

Yes, indeed, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Tom & Icy said...

I bet the four legged guys got you outnumbered!

cube said...

tom & icy: probably right. I know bugs alone form a larger biomass than that of the humans.