OFF topic but still interessting

[jossupp]

http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf


clic on now and watch

jack 47'N 71'O

[Reuben Carlsen]

I checked this out a coupla weeks ago, scary stuff EH!


Reuben

[Ric]

Hi Jack, thanks for the link that is quite fascinating to watch. What I found very interesting was the way the average earth temperature (I presume it's the average) is constantly rising at a steady rate.

Cheers

[venus (Lydia)]

but watch the oil go....

[DJDD]

interesting stuff, although I wonder where the stats come from.

I did a rough guestimate of some statistics from the site:

World population growth rate = 21 persons per minute (is a "person" an SI unit?)
Birth rate = 420 persons per minute
Death rate = 150 persons per minute

abortion rate = 120 persons per minute

I am not religious nor pro/anti choice (i.e. no opinion at the moment) but it does seem like a pretty scary statistic.

[matt]

Some fairly sobering stats in amongst that little line-up.

Pretty depressing, some of it.