Tuesday, September 09, 2014
The World Clock
This is a repeat of an older post, but I still love this site. Check out the world clock. Click the Now button and watch the numbers fly. Could Malthus have been right after all? Do you see any trends? Any of the numbers surprise you? Check out some of the other features on the site. Leave at least a 3 sentence comment (min 50 words)
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The fact that 1/7 of the 7 billion people in the world's population uses the internet surprises me. A bigger surprise is that the rate at which bikes are produced is way higher than the rate cars are produced per second. A trend that scares me is that the amount of forests being cut down is nearly two and a half times the amount of forests being replanted, which worries me about whether our forests are going to be in danger soon.
Nevin Thomas
Period 2
Malthus could be right, the rate at which the population is growing and the ever growing lack of forest and resources could lead to some kind of disaster. A number that also suprises me is the amount of abortions in the world because its a baby dying and that just strange to me. Another interesting number was the amount of military expenditure in the world, its almost a trillion and that is alot for military budgets combined.
I think that Malthus was right. The population is growing at such a rapid rate that it will not be able to support itself in the future due to less and less resources which must be dispersed among the growing population. One strange trend i noticed is that the abortion rate and birth rate are both growing at about the same speed. One number that surprised me was the number of species that have gone extinct. It is crazy that so many species have gone extinct just this year.
Nima Faegh
Period 4
Tiffani Weir
Period 2
The fact that within two minutes there was 4.5 million dollars spent on the military alone says something about the world we live in. I was somewhat surprised me when i saw that abortion had its own category instead of being with deaths. There is an extremely high number of people around the world who die of cardiovascular disease.
Rachel Kuruvila
Period 4
The population growth is millions higher than the death rate, which highly concerns me because this cases overpopulation. Also, the amount of forests that are being cut down is much greater than the amount of forests that are growing, which goes to show the scarce resources that are available. With overpopulation tends to come not enough clean oxygen in the environment and not enough land and food.
Malthus is right. Looking at the ratio between Forests cut and Forests replanted, and desertification, we can see how much the environment is in danger. The amount of money being spent on defense is surprising, however. With the growing population of the world, the rapid destruction of the environment, and the disparity between the money spent on defense and money spent on land resources or capital resources for the future, unless there is some major technological or scientific breakthrough, a major crisis in the future is to be expected.
Jeffrey Zhou
Period 6
Nina Jiang
Period 4
I concur with Malthus's predictions that the population is growing at an exponential rate, which is straining the earth's natural resources and thus could cause disaster later in the near future. What is alarming, is the number of forests cut and deforestation outnumber forests replanted by several million. This is alarming due to the fact that natural vegetation and forests are an integral part of an economy from a biological and economical standpoint. Another interesting number to point out, is the fact that the world spends $830 billion on military expenditures when they could transfer some of these funds to health care and work on forest-planting instead.
Malthus could be right. Our population is growing at such a rapid rate and it will affect the future because they would have a limited amount of resources. A trend that I saw which wasn't good was the amount of forest being cut than replanted which isn't bad because their is going to be danger in our forest in the near future. A number that really surprise me was the amount of bicycles being produced (which is more than double the amount) than cars.
Nikhil Njaravelil
Period 4
Based on the trend of how their are more deaths than births, use of resources than restoring, Malthus could eventually be right, but I still think that the resources will kill us out before we ever kill them. What's surprising is how their are more bikes produced than cars in the world. Now, if it said how many of each are being sold, than more bikes being sold could correlate with less carbon dioxide emissions people would think, even though making them probably releases carbon dioxide. What's really weird to me is how extinct species remains constant at zero. Even though their are more births than deaths, the population growth is only ever a few hundred more than the amount of deaths, it's not like we are outnumbering the resources. It just takes time for Malthus to possibly come true because more people are being saved than sacrificed. Oddly enough, war is the least deadly injury. Animals seem better off than the plants and the air. Why does the clock not mention anything about water except drownings? The people keep seeing to even out, so Malthus isn't very accurate about excessive populations draining resources because even a stable population can do that.
Amy Krauhs
Period 4
I disagree with Malthus. Even though the population has signficantly increased since Malthus gave his dooms day spill, there have been many improvements on food production that will keep many people from starving. A noticable trend is that for every 8 trees cut down 3 are planted. To my suprise cardiovascular diseases are the number one killers in todays world.
Brittany Lacy 4th period
Christian Do
Period 4
Well Malthus may be correct in that the population is growing at such a rate, we may not be able to support ourselves, this is evident in the rate of trees we are cutting down to the trees that are replanted, furthermore, our CO2 emissions are becoming very disastrous to the environment as the global temperature is 14.7538 degrees Celsius which rose about .90 since 1880, and exponentially increasing today. However the one point that I disagree is that as technology increases, the amount of deaths we see from disease is decreasing.
I believe Malthus could possibly be right. I see a population growth trend that keeps steadily increasing. A number that surprises me is the amount of Military Expenditure. That is a very large amount of money, and it is still continuing to grow.
Paul Stallings
Period 6
I believe Malthus could possibly be right. I see a population growth trend that keeps steadily increasing. A number that surprises me is the amount of Military Expenditure. That is a very large amount of money, and it is still continuing to grow. Another alarming number is the amount of extinct species. This is a very large number, that is very concerning when regarding preservation. I am also surprised by the total amount of internet users. This number is very low compared to what i thought it would be.
Paul Stallings
Period 6
Although the rapidly growing numbers may seem to be indicating it, I don't believe Malthus was correct because as long as technology grows, we will be able to solve problems of overpopulation. What I find really astonishing is the number of barrels of oil being pumped this year and it concerns me, because then we will have to find new sources of energy sooner. One trend I see is that military spending keeps going up and there's nothing really counteracting it.
Aadithya Srivatsav Period 4
I believe that Malthus had good reasons to believe in what he thought but with all the technology and improvements, I see it difficult for the catastrophe to happen. The thing that surprises me the most is that their is a greater number of internet users then the number of computers being made. This trend can show how advance technology is becoming because now we can access internet on something other than a computer, like on a tablet or a smart phone. Also, since bicycles are being produced faster than cars, I believe this can indicate or show our efforts into turning more green. Lastly, I notice that the abortion rate almost equals the death rate which is scary because it makes you think of how much bigger the population could of grown.
Jenifer Galen
Period 4
Patrick Stallings
Period-4
I think that Malthus could have been right. The way that the population is growing could lead to a severe lack of resources and a disaster. Furthermore, the amount of cardiovascular disease deaths surprises me. It is the leading killer, and I never thought it would be. It is more deadly than cancer and all the infectious diseases.
I disagree with what Maltus thinks in regards to a catastrophe happening. If technology continues to rise in use, which is evident in the amount of internet users, it will help with multiple issues that are facing the world. The number of computers that are being produced is at a low number but the number is growing by the second which shows the improvement of technology.
Celine De Leon
2nd Period
Fabian Romo
Period 4
The numbers that stand out to me is that the amount of cars produced is nowhere near the amount of how many bicycles are produced and computers as well, and if you put the amount of bicycles and computers produced together, the cars make up about 1/5 of it. Something else that also caught my attention is that the majority of the death causation's have to relate to some type of cardiovascular related problem, followed by cancer which is only less than half of those who die from a heart problem, which shows that Cancer is the not the number one cause of death as some people portray it to be.
Lynnie Dickson
Period 6
Honestly, the accuracy of the Malthus theory cannot be provide through the world clock. Yes, there is no doubt that the population is increasing rapidly compared to the replanting of forests, but the amount of total forest and farm land is unrepresented in the count. What shocked me the most was the fact that there where more bicycles than cars produced, especially since this is the twenty-first century. I also couldn't believe that more people obtain cancer than diabetes, which I thought to be a common chronic disease.
Cecil Sabu
Period 2
Malthus’ theory could become a reality if others factors stayed the same as population grew, but as the Earth is growing in population, new technological advances are being implemented to try and sustain life in new ways. One of the negative trends that I observed is how less than half the trees that get cut down are replaced by new trees. This could lead to a shortage in trees especially since more trees will be needed to keep up with the growing population. Out of all the numbers, the most surprising one is Military Expenditure. Large amounts of money are constantly being provided to the military when some of that could be going towards healthcare or poverty. Also, the ratio of abortions to births is 1:3, which means that about one-fourth of the babies that are produced do not get to live.
Amy Nguyen
6th Period
Although the births are
increasing faster than deaths, I do not believe Thomas Malthus's theory was correct. Yes, the population is increasing exponentially, but I believe with the agricultural technology we have, we can sustain our population. I believe the bigger problem will be space. In addition, the trend I see is that how the fast the forest is being cut down than the forest being replanted. As the population grows, it will need more trees to use the CO2 released by us. The number that surprises me the most is how suicide is the third leading death in the injury section after other accidents and traffic accidents. I remember how my mother told me that they put a lot ads of "texting while driving" (or any other related topics) and not much for the awareness of suicide. It just put it in prospective for me because I knew suicide was common but not this common until now.
I definitely believe that Malthus is right. At some point we will not have enough resources to match the amount of human beings. The world is rapidly populating before our very eyes. This world clock puts everything into perspective on such a large scale. The amounts of disease in the world is surprisingly, terrifying. When looking at things percentage wise its easy to shrug off but when its the actual amount of people you can't ignore it. Just today there has been 300,856 births, which is double the amounts of deaths. It's unreal.
Briona Caruthers
Period 6
The way the numbers are rising, Malthus may be right. I believe our world is over populated as it is, but we are good at faking that we have enough resources. A population sweeping disaster is in the works with the way we constantly modify the land and waste unrenewable resources.
Elyssa Buntzel 4th period
For every 100 births, there are about 40 deaths.The amount of abortions that are occurring is also dangerously close to the amount of deaths, which is very disturbing to me. The amount of deaths by diseases, whether it's noncommunicable or infectious, is surprisingly a good portion of total deaths. Malthus may be on to something with his theory. However, with the way technology is advancing nowadays, I think that we can prove his theory wrong.
-Christine Nguyen, period 6
Laura Luo pd 4
To a certain extent, Malthus may be right that our resources are depleting because our population is increasing at a rapid pace with approximately 1 death with every 3 newborns. We are naturally using up our resources a ton to compensate our living expense, and that aspect means more room for space. Forest fields are cut; thereby, this explains the trend why our CO2 emission is increasing upon thousands.
The rate at which countries are investing in the military is a bad route we are taking. In essence, it mean countries are not placing trust onto other countries. Imagine what we could achieve if problems with other countries were non-existent. World peace would allow us to develop technology and new ideas with the money saved from not spending it on the military.
Brian Huynh
Period 4
The rate at which countries are investing in the military is a bad route we are taking. In essence, it mean countries are not placing trust onto other countries. Imagine what we could achieve if problems with other countries were non-existent. World peace would allow us to develop technology and new ideas with the money saved from not spending it on the military.
Brian Huynh
Period 4
I believe that Malthus could be right. Comparing the number of forest cut, to the number for forest replanted worries me. I was also shocked by how there was a larger production of bicycles than of cars. It is nice to hope that with more individuals traveling on bikes CO2 commissions will make its way down.
Joshua Joseph
6th period
I believe that Malthus could be right. Comparing the number of forest cut, to the number for forest replanted worries me. I was also shocked by how there was a larger production of bicycles than of cars. It is nice to hope that with more individuals traveling on bikes CO2 commissions will make its way down.
Joshua Joseph
6th period
Yassin Bennis
Period 2
I saw that the world population is starting to increase dramatically and if increasing at the same rate future generations could face over population. With a large population and minimal resources we could be facing a big problem. I think we should start considering ways to conserve usage of any resource to consider what we might face in the future. China is avoiding this problem by limiting the amount of children a family can have.
Jacqueline Gann
2nd Period
I believe Malthus is correct, the amount of resources we use increases at a rapid rate, and eventually our population, also rapidly increasing, will use up all of those resources and will not be able to sustain itself. The amount of population growth surprised me only because of how great the number was. If health/disease related deaths go down, the population growth will increase putting further stress on our resources.
Alysa lindsey 4th period
I believe Malthus is right, the population is growing so quick we wont be able to produce better thing. Instead the population growing every mila second makes natural resource scares. The rate of production is a lot slower than the amount of births and the amount of death arent even close to the billion people who are born.The population is growing and we dont have enough time to rebuild and produce new resource and old ones, because the population is getting way to big.
Tia Lal
Period 2
The speed at which population is growing is tremendous. I remember that we reached 7 billion in my freshman year, and since then it has increased about 160 million. Malthus is right about the population boom, but I don't think the population will exceed the amount of resources because of advances in technology. I think we have enough resources, but they are not distributed evenly. This is why we have poverty and malnutrition. Something that is also interesting is that as CO2 emissions increase, the temperature of earth also increases, which gives some proof of global warming.
Reuben Kurian
Period 6
The population trends are proving Malthus's theory to be correct. With the population skyrocketing since the 1950s, I wonder how much longer the earth can sustain this growth. A number that surprised me was the number of tons of CO2 that was produced this year alone. It's a good thing that bicycles are being assembled at such a high rate to reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.
Bethany Williams, Period 2
It struck me as unnerving that there is an abortion practically every second, and that the number is as high as it is (at the moment its 31,834,5xx). But even with the amount of abortions that have been performed, the population is still growing every fraction of a second. Then, the earths temperature rising due to CO2 emissions is worrisome, because if the CO2 is causing the temperature to rise that means there aren't enough trees to combat the effects.This could potentially lead to the world being unlivable (far in the future, of course) but still something to think about. Maybe such a large population is terrible for the earth.
Alyssa Wilson
6th Period
It's shocking to think that about one third of the number of births equals the number of abortions. Also, the large and quickly expanding amount of infectious diseases is frightening, I feel like we only have so much time left. Malthus is correct in stating that the population is growing exponentially, and that our resources will not last forever, as is evident by our inability to support and keep everyone that is alive healthy and satisfied.
Jennie Chen
Period 2
The main thing that alarmed me was that the numbers constantly increase at an alarming rate. Malthus' theory is seen in the possibility of coming true due to the intense use of our earth's limited resources. I'm shocked at the high numbers of the military expenditure that seems to be increasing the fastest of all other things. Money seems to be easily used, however, I can see why it is the largest number.
Rachel Chang
period 2
I am most startled by the overall population growth, because not long ago, we hit 7 billion people, over 150,000,000 people fewer than today. The fact alone makes me tempted to be concerned if we will have enough resources in the future, just as Malthus had wondered. The rate of abortions also surprises me because it happens every fraction of a second. The rate of AIDS and HIV is also startling to me.
It surprises me that the number of abortions rises at a constant rate and it doesn't seem that it's slowing down. It is good that number of species being extinct are on zero but the deforestation rate seems to be only going up and it can affect the shelter of some endangered species. The ratio of births to deaths 8/3 can be looked as a good sign and can also be bad because it shows the the world is being somewhat healthy but we can also slowly suffer through overpopulation.
Dan Tiongson
4th period
After analyzing the statistics on the world clock, Malthus' predictions could be true providing that the rate at which our population grows continues at such a drastic exponential growth. What was surprising about the clock was the huge difference between the amounts of births and deaths, even with the large # of abortions. Another thing that surprised me was the military expenditure, and since there wasn't anything to compare the expenses with it seemed even a more bigger number. It seems so unreasonable to waste so much money on war when it could be used for something more beneficial.
Sherin Johnson
6th period
Renuka Gondi
4th period
I am interested in the variety of information given here, especially by the rate of mortalities that are happening seemingly every second. I think that Malthus was right in his prediction about population and the economy. I believe that the population is increasing because the rate of mortalities is lower than the rate of births.
I was very suprised that a baby was killed every second.I knew there were many abortions going on throughout the world, but I wasn't aware that it was happening every second. The fact that a forest is cut every 4 seconds is very concerning because eventually they're will be none left. I think Malthus was right because eventualy there are going to be too many people for the world and it is going to lead to poverty and starvation.
Julie Joy
6th Period
Amitabha Mitra
6th Period
I was surprised to see that cardio vascular disease is the leading cause of death in the world. It shows how rapidly the the health of the human population is declining. Nutrition will eventually be really important in the future if this statistic keeps rising.
I think that Malthus could be right. The world population is growing at such a rapid rate that we will deplete all our resource and not be able to support our enormous population. It surprised me that the abortion rate is very similar to the death rate. The amount of CO2 emissions is not that close to the quantity of oil pumped so it make me wonder where the rest of the oil emissions go.
Steve Philip
6th Period
I think that Malthus might be right, the population is growing at an amazing rate, while our resources are being used at an alarming rate. The fact that the amount of computers and cars produced together barely surpass the amount of bicycles produced is surprising. I can't believe that within thirty minutes there has been three thousand abortions.
Guadalupe Alvear
Period 2
Ashish Jain
Period 4
What is surprising is the fact that the abortion numbers continuously go up every second and the number of deaths as well. Although, the number of births is double the number of deaths within about 4 minutes. This is a good thing, but resources continue to be limited, and therefore usage of these resources causes them to reduce in availability. The population growth in the world is not exactly a 100% care-free subject. It would be if there were such things as unlimited resources, but with the way the population continues to grow, resources have to be used in a prioritized manner.
Jocelyn Dang
6th Period
Malthus could possibly be right. Our population is growing with the number of births doubling the number of deaths. At this rate, the land left on Earth is filling up, and our resources are becoming much more limited. A disaster is very possible in the near future. The trend that I see about the # of births compared to the # of deaths is surprising me. I didn't realize that our birth numbers were doubling that of the deaths. It's great! But, an interesting number that also caught my eye was the amount of computers produced. The number is exceeding that of the number of cars produced. So, it's crazy to think that our world is becoming much more technological today to the point that transportation is not the highest production, though still high in numbers.
Karen George
6th period
I believe that Malthus could be correct because the amount of births now is double the amount of deaths that are occurring and the lack of resources and shortage of them will lead to a great decrease in our population, or even world disaster. I find it interesting that the amount of bicycles that are being produced is greater than the amount of cars since there are not that many individuals that ride a bike to get from one place to another. With the increase in technology it is not surprising that traffic accidents is the leading cause of injuries as everyone cannot keep their eyes off of their phones.
I don't believe Malthus was right because even though the world population keeps increasing , the world's technology advances and quality of life also increases. This clock is extremely interesting and I understand why you love it so much. It's kind of unbelievable how fast the world population keeps going up. I like how the clock as a setting where you can see what happened TODAY. So on September 13,2014 at 3:22 pm already 12,479 people have died of cancer. That's a scary fact.
Amanda Shah
Period 4th
Malthus believes that the population will grow exponentially and eventually there will not be enough resources (specifically food) to feed the population. I definitely never agreed with his theory and thought it was ridiculous... then I see the World Clock. Within a minute, there were 204 abortions, 286 deaths, and 700 births... I was freaked by how many deaths there were but the births sort of balances it out. But there are more births than deaths, showing that the population is growing still. I was surprised that cardiovascular diseases causes more deaths than cancer. I guess the only trend I can see is that there are more births than deaths and more deaths than there are abortions.
I find it very interesting that in 10 seconds the expenditure on war goes over $400000. Additionally the fact that in just a single day the amount of deats by suicide tops 1800 is frankly terrifying. Whats more is that the amount of births more than doubles the amount of deaths contributiong tou our exponential population growth
The numbers on this site are truly mind-blogging. The first thing that caught my eye once I clicked 'Now' was the amount of money spent on military expenses. I had only been on the page for like a minute and the amount had skyrocketed to a couple million dollars and was still growing rapidly. Another statistic which surprised me was the fact that the number of bicycles is growing at a rate three times that of cars. In my mind I would think cars would be more prevalent, but I guess that just goes to show how what you grow up around becomes your version of what's normal.
Tosin Olabinjo
4th period
Benjamin Kurian
Period 4
I think Malthus could be right and "The World Clock" website shows why. One example is the amount of trees planted to the amount of trees cut. Trees are being cut at a faster pace than it can be planted and that shows that at sometime in the future,little to no trees are going to be left. Also, on the topic of scarce resources, as population grows at a rapid rate with the amount of human demands, many countries might fall beneath the poverty line and the mortality rate might increase because of that. This also shows natural resources such as oil, about a 1000 barrels a second, is going to run out fast. Another thing is the number of cars produced with the increasing amount of CO2 will be a rising problem for both developed and undeveloped countries.
Samantha Fonseca
4th Period
I think Malthus could possibly be right because the population is growing at a constant rate, as the rate of births doubles the rate of deaths. Also, the rate at which our resources are being used is quickly growing, limiting the amount of resources that we'll have left in the future. However, I do think that Malthus can be proven wrong with the technology that we have and with the technology that is to come, that will help us avoid or prevent the problem of our resources running out. The fact that the amount of forests being replanted does not balance out the number of forests that are being cut down does not surprise me but it is a big problem that factors into the large number of species that have gone extinct, which really surprised me.
Kimberly Mendez
Period 4
Malthus’ theory predicted that humanity would not have the required resources (food, shelter, etc.) to lead a substansial life due to the overwhelming population growth; basically the more people the closer to doomsday we are. While Malthus’ claims are a bit exaggerated they hold some truth. Population is increasing way too much and our resources such as forests and other natural resources are decreasing way too fast. Even with an increase of technology, it will be extremely hard to conjure up enough food to satisfy the population in the future with all the decreasing vegetation and surplus amount of people. At this rate we’ll be added to the Species Extinct column.
Malthus may be right because of the way the numbers are rising. I was really shocked by how quick the number rose within the time that I was looking at the clock. I also was amazed that cardiovascular diseases are a leading cause of death over cancer. Also I was amazed of how many species go extinct not only in a day but with in the whole year.
Jonathan Winfiele
2nd period
Lindsey Jones
2nd period
Malthus could be right in most sense, that in less than 24 hours, more than half a thousand of lives are born, two times as much as deaths. Most of his data seems to be highly accurate, specifying the related death causes, which seems to be cardiovascular disease, related to the increasing CO2 emission, and STD's. What shocks me is that there are so many more bicycles manufactured than cars, yet traffic and pollution is still an extreme issue nationally. What shocked me was that in less than 7hrs, 600 abortions are carried out, that so many unborn children are exterminated at such a huge scale.
Aiah Tisha Ebueng
Period 2
After observing the activity on the world clock, i think that Malthus could be right.within the 5 minutes of watching the clock, theres has been a population growth of over a thousand people. There is a constant double amount of births for every death that occurs. We can see the scarcity of resources in the amount of trees being cut down compared to the amount of trees being planted.
Timothy Krauhs
Period
The scariest thing I notice is the tend that more forest are being cut or turning into desert then what is being regrown. I'm starting to believe Malthus is right more the population more forest are being destroyed and disease are spreading faster until there might be a time were we can stop it. The fact that surprised me is that more computers and bikes are made then cars.
I think that Malthus could be right. The rapid growth of population can cause a problem because we have a very limited amount of resources. One bad trend I noticed was the number of trees being cut down. The number that surprised me the most was the number of abortions. Another surprising number was the amount of extinct species.
Brien Benny
Period 4
Shivani Doshi
Period 2
I think Malthus could be right about the rate at which the population is growing and the rate at which the number of our resources are being produced. This ratio of population growth and resources could later lead us into disaster. I am also shocked at the number of internet users in the world. I figured there would have been more internet users as our technology advances across the world.
Minh Le
4th Period
The population, 7.1 billion people, shows that Malthus' theory of over population are becoming a reality. However, there are signs that as the population increases certain population checks are slowing growth. Looking at the leading cause for death, cardiovascular disease, it can be inferred that the lifestyle changes across the globe, leaning towards fast food, is checking the population. This is due to the increase of labor force, causing competition in societies in which time means money, and ultimately survival. Also, the number of abortion would also be a check for the increase in population. The number of abortions equal to about 60% of the total population growth, which is a substantial number. As the population of the planet increases there will be natural checks. Because humans tend to think about themselves, societies will change and perhaps overpopulation may never be achieved.
Malthus's beliefs could be right.
Joshua Roy
Period 2
As seen through the World Clock, the the birth rate is much higher than the mortality rate,thus leading to difficulties in having available resources for the world population. Some observations that I made were that the number of forests cut exceeds the number of forests replanted and that more bicycles are being produced per second than computers or cars.
Joshua Roy
Period 2
In my opinion, Malthus's beliefs are correct. As seen through the World Clock, the the birth rate is much higher than the mortality rate,thus leading to difficulties in having available resources for the world population. Some observations that I made were that the number of forests cut exceeds the number of forests replanted, more bicycles are being produced per second than computers or cars, and that the Earth's temperature is increasing at a fairly slow rate.
Ignore the earlier post ^
Krista Killam
Period 6
I think that Malthus' thoughts could be right. The population is growing at such a crazy pace because the births exceed the deaths tremendously. The military expenditure is growing so fast that its shocking. The numbers that really caught my eye were the diseases. It saddens me to know that so many people in the world have all those horrible diseases. I would never guess that the numbers for all of these things would be so high.
Jesse Avila
Period 4
It would seem Malthus may be correct since the population is growing at an alarming rate. The need for scarce resources is causing the rate of deforestation to far surpass the rate in which a new forest is replanted. This is startling due to the fact that there is a growth in desertification, CO2 emissions, and temperature. While we are too focused on us human beings, it is sad to see that over a span of thirty minutes, two species become extinct.
Justin Freker
Period 4
One thing on this site I am shocked about is the amount of abortions. I really had no clue how much of a problem abortions are. One trend that freighted me was the tons of CO2 emissions that are let out on the daily, along with the barrels of oil number. Those two numbers could lead to something terrible in the future. Another number that caught my attention was the number of bikes produced. That number was higher than both cars and computers which was strange to me.
Yvonne Thong- 2nd period
Malthus is correct about an exponentially growing population. However, as stated in the New Ideas book, it is unlikely that the world will be coming to an end soon simply due to inadequate food supply. Malthus failed to account for the fact that growth is due to both the agricultural revolution and the plummeting of the number of deaths, which the World Clock "YR" tab shows to be 44,000,000 less than the births.
Sylvester Inyang
Period 2
In my opinion Malthus could be correct since the birth rate more than doubles the death rate. I see That the military is spending alot of money in so little time, i used the now button and started at 7:00 and by 7:02 they spent over 2 million dollars. I also noticed that very slowly the earths tempature is rising.
Divya Joseph
6th Period
I believe that Malthus is right. The population is growing at such a rapid rate and soon there won't be enough resources to support this many people especially with all the number of trees being cut down. One suprising thing to me was of how fast the number of dying people changed. I knew alot of people died a day but not at this rate. One trend I saw was for almost every tree cut down another tree is replanted.
Brayden Theriot
4th Period
I believe Malthus could be right.As the human population increases, we decrease the amount of resources to use. So over time we will run into issues with rationing resources. The most interesting number, to me, was the amount of abortions that occur.
Unless I did not see it, there was no murder section under deaths, which surprised me. Malthus brings up a good point, however, I think that in the past humans have proven themselves adaptable to their surroundings, and if we were to run out of resources, we would do as we have in the past- find a way to make it work. I was also surprised to see how slowly some of the causes of deaths moved. I expected Cancer to move more quickly than it did.
Manon Hughes 6th
Carlo Torres
2nd Period
Malthus is right about the population growth. The birth rate is higher than both the abortion and death rate combined. If Malthus was alive today, he would see that birth rate growing at such a fast rate and probably be relieved that there is a little bit of a balance of population thanks to abortions. It's amazing how very few people die from HIV/AIDS than cancer.
Luke Emery
Period 6
Malthus could definitely be correct, because we are expending a very high amount of resources such as trees and fuel, and with our growing population, these resources will probably not sustain us for too much longer. We are pumping more gallons of oil out of the ground than there are tons of CO2 being released into the air, but the two are relatively close, and they most likely correlate. One number that surprises me is the number of people with cardiovascular diseases. It is well over double the amount of people with cancer, and that surprises me.
Zachary Frazier
Period 2
The rate at which the population is growing is really scary if you think about it. Every person born has unlimited wants and the world can never just give birth to limited resources. This trends seems to have no end in sight and the fact of the matter is that this world really isn't big enough for everyone. Looks like someone better get going on getting to mars, or the world may be in trouble. Which is why people shouldn't be so worried on who is going to shoot us, but who is bringing people into this world for which may not have enough resources for them
Caroline Van Nuis
Period 6
I do not agree with Malthus because the technology we have today and the technology we will have in the future will help us create new resources to use. A trend that sticks out to me is the number of total internet users because the number is a lot lower than what i thought it would be. A surprising number is the number of species that have gone extinct. I would not have guessed that the number would be as high as it is.
Malthus's prediction was not so far off from accurate. Malthus controversial prediction was correct when he claimed that the human population would increase at a very rapid pace. I was very surprised when I saw that the Military Expenditure was up to one million dollars in less than 30 seconds. I was also extremely surprised to find out that there are more abortions than cars being produced.
Akintunde Sowunmi
4th period
Justin Hoang
6th Period
I believe Malthus might be right. The rate of the population growth keeps increasing which leads to overpopulation and not having enough resources. The trend I saw was the rate of trees being cut down was more than twice as much than the trees that are replanted. With population increasing dramatically we might be in danger because we need the trees for oxygen. I was surprised to see the total number of internet users because I thought it would be higher.
Jacob John
Period 6th
Malthus could have been right after all! What fascinated me most is how the Earths' temperature is constantly increasing, even though at a small rate, no telling what could happen the hotter it gets. The amount forest's being cut to the forest's replanted is no where the same which is a vital instrument in our generation moving on into the feature. This site had some really neat feature telling almost everything statistically occurring in the world.
Malthus is right. the amount of population will surpass the amount of resources we have. Especially since we are cutting down forest faster that the rate that we are replanting them. with 7 billion people in the world I thought it was strange that only around 1 billion people use the internet. Also I was surprised to find out that the amount of bicycles produced was higher that the amount of cars produced
Troy Lilly
Period 6
I think that Malthus is most likely right, because if you look at the rate the population is growing, with the birth rate being higher than the death and abortion rates combined, we are growing exponentially in size. This, combined with the alarming rate at which we consume resources, points to the conclusion that we are headed toward disaster. I am surprised at the number of computers being produced, I didn't think it would be growing that much faster than the number of cars.
Cameron Molfetto
Period 4
I think Malthus is right. If our population continues to grow, which it will, we will run out of the necessary resources to survive. An example would be that the number of trees cut is higher than the number of trees planted. Also, the number of species extinct and abortions is alarming.
Caitlin Davis
2nd Period
I think Malthus could be right considering the fact that the population is growing at an alarming rate and our resources are being used faster than they are being replaced, like the number of trees being cut down/planted. One thing that really surprised me was the number of abortions and how the number of deaths are no where near the number of births. I was also expecting the number of deaths by traffic accidents to be much higher.
I think Malthus was right after all. The population growth is nearly 55,000 but thats not all that is suprising. Population growth is 75 people per every 30 seconds so while the population goes up the speed at which resources burn will speed up as well. The possibility of a disaster from over-population is could happen in a matterof decades.
Ryan Igbinoba
Period 4
Malthus was correct of the population increasing, however he was incorrect in that there would be nothing counteracting the growth. As we continually advance in technology, education, and in research, we will find ways of solving over-population. What worries me is that oil consumption and co2 emissions are almost parallel in their growth. With the advances in technology and the many big leaps we have made in science research today, it concerns me how we still do not have a serious contender to replace oil and other natural gas resources. Battery powered cars can only run for so long and go fewer than what gas-powered cars are running today. All in all, Malthus was wrong in his 150 year prediction. However, will he be proved correct in 300 years....
Christian Beduya
6th Period
I do agree with what Malthus said about the population growing; with the birth rate exceeding the death rate. However, his prediction that there will not be enough food to feed the entire population was off. Yes, the population is high,but we made the necessary advances in agricultural science to better our nutrition and expand our output. What fears me is that deforestation is well above how many forests are replanted. With the temperature and co2 emissions rising, we need to try and prevent the number of deforestation passing the number of forest planted. If not, then this will only aid in the rising climate.
Sheryl Machado
6th Period
The fact that there are more bicycles produced than computers is pretty surprising. Moreover realizing only 1/7th of the population uses internet is incredible. The astounding rate at which species go extinct (7 a day) still shows the sad state of preserving endangered species.
Tom King
6th Period
Yash Mathur
Period 6
It is interesting to see the growth in military expenditures, emissions, and oil consumption. While the rends in resource useage are staggering, data does not say much about technological change. Malthus's approach did not account for innovation and technological change which has shown to be able to facilitate larger population sizes to be supported. Also advances in science and technology are not reflected in the data. for example modern medicine has been ablr to counter disease and mortality thus weakens Malthus's basic thesis.
Malthus is right a about population growth. More bikes than cars are produced. It is also shocking that the number of trees cut down is not even close to the number of trees being planted.
George
4th period
Muizz Soomar
2nd Period
By observing the world clock, I do think that Malthus's theory of exponential population growth could have occurred because of the rapid growth of the number of people in this world. One trend that I notice is that as the birth rate increases rapidly, the abortion rate is also slowly increasing, its about 1/3 of what the birth rate is. The amount of abortions surprises me the most.
Malthus predicted population to grow geometrically, which meant it would continue multiplying at the same rates. It has not done that since there are many other factors he didn't take into account but it is interesting to see the numbers go up because that's the idea Malthus tried to display. As for some of the numbers i saw, it took me back when i saw all the military spending. But i was more shocked and frightened over the statistic i had never given much thought about, Co2 emissions. The emissions we are putting out is way too high and continues to rise at a frightening rate, that was very sad to see.
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