This is a repeat of an older post, but I still love this site. Check out the world clock. Do you see any trends? Any of the numbers surprise you? Check out some of the other features on the site.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
The World Clock
This is a repeat of an older post, but I still love this site. Check out the world clock. Do you see any trends? Any of the numbers surprise you? Check out some of the other features on the site.
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One trend noticeable is quick rate at which numbers involving the human (world population, births, deaths, population growth) evolve, versus the more steady, slower rate at which earthly numbers change (forest cut, forest replanted).
The most alarming numbers and how quickly they are increasing include those of military expenditure, oil pumped, and CO2 emissions.
The most upsetting number is that of abortions.
It is overall a very fascinating site!
One of the numbers that really surprised me was how fast the military expenditures section of the clock was increasing in relation to the other araes of American expenditure. We spend so much of our money scrambling to maintain our military superiority, which makes sense, but this excessive spending makes me wonder if we're neglecting the economic issues at home for the sake of our powers over seas and our super carriers.
Aaron Griffin, 7th period
The one really surprising to me was the quick rate of abortion in every minute or seconds, women's getting rid of the child that they will never get back. The other was the oil pumped into the motor vehicles around the world for easy jobs to do and from one place to another.
The two trends that popped out to me were the number of abortions as well as the oil barrels pumped. If you look at the abortion number climbing, it is one baby killed per second which is a very devastating rate. The number of oil barrels pumped is around 500-600 in just one second, which is a leading problem in most areas of the world. These numbers truly make a person wonder about some of the surprising and harsh realities of this world.
The thing that stands out for me is the number of oil pumped. It will be at most another 25 years before the world completely runs out of fossil fuels...and the amount of oil used is showing no signs of slowing down...and alternative sources of energy is also showing no signs of taking over petroleum...
Military expenditure also surprises me(assuming that's the world wise military expenditure)...it's hurting me to see that people are using so much money on being aggressive towards others, when people are dying from hunger around the world...
Not exactly surprised about the abortion rate, it's actually slower than I expected...Most people against abortions are religious people, but many other parts of the world such as Asia, where religion does not play as big of a role,abortions are rather common. Most of them I'm guessing are young couples,failed on their efforts on birth control, unable to afford the living expenses in big cities(Such as Beijing, Tokyo etc..),or if they tested and found out that their child developed some type of mental or physical illness, and must make that choice. As the medical technology evolves, and more people gets educated, I'm only expecting that abortion rates will climb faster in the future.
-Kevin Ma, period 4
I found the fact that there are more bicycles being produced as compared to cars. I usually see one or two bikes a week, which is a whole lot less then the hundreds of cars I see in a day. Another surprising fact is that there is about 800 billion dollars for military expenses but there are only 6 billion people in the world. If that money would have gone to people rather than the military, people would not be starving today.
One of the numbers that really surprised me was how fast the death from the cardiovascular disease was increasing. For the time I was on the website an average of 1 cardiovascular disease happens every second. And I also loved that fact that there was more computer built on this planet than cars, and the rate of the internet users.
The thing that surprises me the most is the Military Expenditure. I find it absurd that people using weapons against each other are the most expenses that the world uses. The expenses for military can be used for more positive things. I also find it ridiculous how the number for the military expenses increases so rapidly compared to the number of oil pumped barrels.
One particular trend that sticks out is the military expenditures number. The fact that this number is increasing faster than others is ridiculous. For example, the military expenditures figure is increasing at a quicker rate than our birth or death rate, and even the amount of oil produced. We should be focusing more on spending money on resources that are necessary to our economy, such as oil, rather than on weapons that add the the world's conflicts. I had no idea the numbers of the categories were so off balance, it's very interesting to watch them increase at the rate that they do.
Lauren Swindell, 4th period
The set of numbers that caught my eye were the species extinct, forrests cut and forrests replanted. It shows how irresponsible the world is when it comes to nature.Im not surprised at all that around 9 million have been cut down and only 4 million rebuilt, however I am shocked at the number of species that have become extinct. Birth and death rates are satisfying to see because the rate at which we have births are faster than the rate of deaths, though the fact that the abortion numbers are rising steadly is a bit disconcerting.
The sight has an overall calming quality with the types of pictures he chose and the topics he chose to expand on. The sight is definately fun to navigate through. My favorite page is the "Spiritual Awakening" page, it delves into really interesting things.
What surprised me the most was the military expenditures and how rapid of a pace they were going at! Also, I thought that the number of abortions was pretty alarming....it makes me think what would happen to those numbers if the United States banned abortion or something to that nature. The number of bicycles being produced in comparison to cars makes me want to buy a bicycle now....
Sandy Ashkar, per 4
Numbers that are quite noticeable are the constant increase of the earth's temperature, military expenditures, the number of abortions, and how the number of bicycles outproduce both cars and computers. As the earth's temperature increases, speculations of global warming are closer to being proved. The military expenditures are increasing because of their service, but it is at quite a high rate. The most shocking numbers are the steady increase of abortion rates and how the number of bicycles outproduces both computers and cars. However, in retrospect, this site provides useful insight into our lives.
Haris Vakil, period 7
The rising military expenditure was conspicuous, as it shows how much money can be allocated to more important causes in today's world, such as unemployment in Western economies and famine and war in Africa and the Middle East, respectively. The fact that more bicycles are being produced than cars is very significant, as it provides a more global perspective on the development of nations as a whole. In a way, this shows our ignorance as a nation, as we are accustomed to experiencing Western Modernization, through advanced technology and an overall higher standard of living. The positive correlation between barrels of oil pumped, CO2 emissions, and the Earth's temperature also reveal the repercussions of such development and modernization.
Although not alarming, I found it really interesting the number of internet users, considering we have to use the internet to get to this very sight. As for everything else, I find it almost appalling that military expenditure is increasing by the thousands almost every minute, yet our birth rate and death rates are increasing by the hundreds every minute and a half or so. To me, this shows how economically inefficient our country is. However, I did find it interesting that the number of bicycles is out-producing the number of cars being made. Although it is not a promising possibility, but maybe this could be a slow step into improving our environment and atmosphere.
Initially, I was surprised that the amount of bicycles produced was more than the amount of cars produced. But, it makes because most parts of the world, cars is not the primary means of transportation. In most parts of the world, it is easier to travel in a cycle or bus. Moreover, not considering the infectious and noncommunicable diseases, traffic accident is the primary cause of injury. In addition, the number of computers produced is not nearly proportional to the number of internet users, which tells me that people have more than one means of accessing internet, which might affect the production of computers. I am surprised that the world population is not 7 billion yet. Whenever people said there are 7 billion people on the earth, I thought they were rounding down, not up. There is still over 700,000 people needed to make 7 billion people. I thought this fact was interesting because population topic is always discussed in my science class.
I was astonished at the increasing amount of money spent for military expenditures every second. Moreover,the increasing rate of cancer as a cause for death is scary. A feature that caught my eye was the life expectancy calculator, which although pretty superficial, proved interesting.
The World Clock offered is a really valuable site. Personally, the one area that really bothered me was the amount of people diagnosed with TB each day. Despite all the medical advances made every second people are still being diagnosed with diseases virtually wiped out in the U.S. Also, the amount of people dying from nutritional deficiencies was also too high in my opinion.
Due to the rapidly increasing rate of people who are acquiring cardiovascular diseases, it just goes to show that climbing rate of obesity in the US and in other places around the world. Traffic accidents outweigh deaths from war such that the ratio is around 4:1; this statistic implies that humans are very careless and that many improvements need to be implemented into regulations and safety. The rate of people gaining internet access to the world's birthrate is about the same. It seems that one day all people on earth will be interconnected via the internet.
Alex Collins, Period 4
One obvious trend is that world population, births, deaths, and population growth grow at roughly the same rate and grow relatively fast as do cars, bicycles, and computers produced. A much more rapid trend is noticeable among military expenditure, oil pumped, CO2 emissions, and Earth temp. The amount of abortions surprise me because the World Clock shows that at this time there is a ratio of roughly 1 abortion to every 3 births.
Two numbers that stuck out to me when comparing them were the Abortion and Death rate. Both of the numbers, are equally raising at practically the same speed and the numbers are similar due to the difference of the two numbers being so small. Overall just being able to see how quickly the world's population, production of cars, and the amount of oil produced increases, it is neat to see the multiple changes that happen every second that make a big impact on the world.
Madelyn Hogue, 4th period
One interesting trend that I saw was that of the non-communicable diseases, the only ones that increased at a noticeable rate are cardiovascular disease and cancer. I was taken aback by the fact that nearly 20000 species become extinct each year. Most people couldn't even identify 20000 species! By far, the abortion statistic was the most upsetting.
The name "World Clock" itself is quite interesting. Some noticeable numbers on the clock were the increasing amount of oil pumped, amount of CO2 emissions and the Earth's increasing temperature. The relationship between these numbers is quite obvious yet alarming. If these numbers continue to increase at this rate, the Earth would soon be underwater.Another point that was noticeable was the birth and death rates. Unlike Malthus' theory, they some what balance each other. Some of the sad things were that there is a significant number of abortions and nutritional deficiencies.
I noticed that the birth and death rate seem to move at about the same rate. When you look at the overall world population, however, it only increases. This means that the birth rate is increasing faster than the death rate is. The STD/HIV/AIDS number increases about every ten seconds, an extremely sad fact.
One of the numbers that surprised me the most was the military expenditure, which grows the fastest compared to the others. If some of this money can be spared for other uses such as: feeding the hungry and providing clothes and shelter to people who need them most, it can make this world a better place. Two other numbers that surprised me also was the number of cars and bicycles being produced. In a city like Houston, one rarely see someone riding their bikes outside, but rather sees many cars passing by. But according to the world clock there were more bicycles being produced than the number of cars being produced.
I see our death toll per second to abortions. If the toll is 40 mill a year and our abortions are 30 mill, we as the people are the cause of more than half those deaths! I also see how unbalanced our military expenditures compared with our other economic spending. I think we should put a better on the two or at least not so top heavy with military spending.
Daniel Green 7th Period
The burliest elephant in the room to me was the amount of species extinct. It just seems trivial to note that when there are far better topics to place on the list. Species dying out sucks but that's how evolution goes, some have to die to be replaced and made better. Another surprising ting to see was the ratio of bicycles to cars. I see a lot of people riding bikes way too small for them often now a days, but to see that i guess means that supply for them has not gone down but increased with humans wanting to be Eco friendly and all, though its a tad bit too late...better late than never i guess.
The most obvious ones that popped out to me was the death rate and the forest cutting. These numbers rose quickly and seemed to be constantly changing. I was also surprised at the abortion rate and the military expenditure. I did not expect for those numbers to be as high as they were. Although not moving as steadily as some, the number of accidents and injuries that caused deaths were astounding.
The site is definitely one to get you thinking.
Brooke F period 4
One of the numbers that surprised me the number of cars and computers produced. I expected it to move faster
First of I have admit that I was truly amazed to know that there is a website as much. I am sure from here on now I am likely to re-visit this site. Reiterating something that one of the students said, I too expected the car production to increase faster. I mean for the number of people out there, the cars made per day/week have to expedite. It certainly was fascinating to see the number of people born/dead per second/minute. I tried to count along, but unfortunately that didn’t work. Something that utterly disappointed me was the abortion rate. Every child we kill adds up to being a big loss of human resources (labor and entrepreneurial ability). Some the other striking facts were the military expenditure, oil barrels pumped CO2 emissions, and Earth temperature. If these approximates keep inclining, then the world as of today will have to pay a lot and face a dramatic change in the near future.
The World Clock Website was really awesome. I really appreciate the guy who took his time to make this website. It is a very valuable resource. First of all the thing that mostly surprised me was the number of bicycles and computer produced each year are more than that of the cars produced each year. Another thing that really stood out was that the Military expenditure, oil pumped, and the CO2 emissions. They are are increasing at very high rate than any others.
The numbers that surprised me were the number of species that are extinct from the face of the planet. Humans have been destroying the different species of animals in the world for their own profit. Another interesting fact is about the area of forests that we have destroyed in order to build huge complex buildings and other necessities. Not only the environment that is been destroyed but it is the valuable trees and the precious oxygen that is been threatened. The world population was also very surprising to my eyes due to the amount of people on Earth.
What immediately caught my eye was how quickly the military spendings were rising. We've spent by far the most money on our military in comparison to other prices on the clock. Another interesting little thing I found on the site was the life expectancy calculator. While it isn't 100% correct, it did seem pretty cool.
There are several trends that surprise me on this website. One of them, in particular, is the amount of deaths due to cardiovascular disease, as it even takes more lives than cancer. The world population also surprises me, for the fact that it is close to reaching 7 billion people. The fact that the amount of military expenditure is near $860 billion doesn't surprise me, and I predict that it will reach $1 trillion dollars within my lifetime.
One of the trends that interested me the most was the birth to death ratio. The birth ratio is about double the death ratio, a figure that really surprised me. The amount of death categories lead me to believe that the ratio would be a bout even, but the birth rate grows way faster. I had no idea that the world population was growing this fast so I now look at the size of the world with new perspective.
Bon Ikwuagwu 4th Period
What surprised me the most was that they have calculated the number of of abortions happening. It just goes to show how far technology has come to where we as humans can basically calculate anything now-a-days.I'd like to see what else the world could calculate though.
Kamal McMillan, Period 4
The thing that I like the most about the site is the fact that it allows you to witness the numbers grow in real time. Seeing the numbers actively grow makes watching how many deaths there are that much more eerie. Also having all the statistics on one screen makes them easily comparable. For example the military expenditure compared to the world population. It puts things in perspective.
The most schocking, ridiculously large, and rapidly growing number on the world clock is the military expenditure. Although the values given average in the millions places because of accumulation of data throughout the period of an entire year, the sheer size of these numbers, or lack thereof, puts things into perspective for an individual. Oils pumped in barrels and CO2 emission in tons seem to be the fastest growing numbers, right behind military, expenditure. The data truly shows how heavily the entire world realies on oil for energy, and how just as quickly the consequences begin to build up.
The numbers show a trend, those involving humans vary far more than that that involve things such as resources. One of the more alarming numbers is that on military expenditures. So much money is used on the military that it seems like other things are neglected.
What shocked me was the military expenditures. It was the first thing that caught my eye since the number was huge. It is also interesting to see that the world population is going up by 2 people per second. It's very upsetting to see the number of abortions going up pretty fast, too, but that's all the mother's decision. It's a relief though to see that the number of injuries do not move that fast. It is very interesting to see how these numbers can be calculated.
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