The Earth Clock

I obviously have way too much free time today. However, I thought this was interesting, although not in a jolly way:

EARTH CLOCK

almost 300 people born every minute

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Very interesting. I wonder just how accurate it really is? If it is even close it appears rather grim...

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shewolfnm wrote:

almost 300 people born every minute

I assume the growth takes into account a certain percentage die every minute, but it doesn't give the death figure.

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no it doesnt.

And death is not always recorded...
neither is birth for that matter.

Maybe it is just an average derived from several year 'totals' and the amount of growth each year showed...

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If you hit the button with the big question mark, it explains were the data is coming from, along with some disclaimers.

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Global warming debatable?

interesting.........

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shewolfnm wrote:

Global warming debatable?

interesting.........

Everyone's got an opinion. :wink:

(Actually, I think they just put that in for the conservatives, it's actually produced by a rather liberal bunch of rascals.)

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The NOW button on the far right is particularly unsettling.

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I saw that button as well.

Very interesting site indeed.

saddening.. as well

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Good stuff. very interesting.. I wonder how accurate the temperature is and what it's actually based on. I can't imagine they have that connected to a digital therm....

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