Perspective - Earth's Population (From a friend) (Page 3): I assume they are in the “have their own home” category. It does not mean “own” in the sense of ownership of the dwelling.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

Boomer Jim wrote:

Does this mean that if you rent your house or apt. you are homeless?

I assume they are in the “have their own home” category. It does not mean “own” in the sense of ownership of the dwelling.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

edrobinsonjr wrote:

Kind of startling, Mark. Thanks for posting.

Ed

Many of the stats do open eyes, in particular of how fortunate most of us are. That's what caused me to post it.
Thanks, Ed!!
Mark

DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

Surely makes it easier to comprehend, Mark.

Nigel7 Loc: Worcestershire. UK.

Very thought provoking, Mark. We are indeed fortunate and should be very grateful for what we have got.

Nigel.

Moondoggie Loc: Southern California

Thanks, Mark. Nice perspective on life.

ab7rn Loc: Portland, Oregon

If I am still alive by the middle of July, I will be 89 years old. I still can walk a mile in 20 minutes and I still work in my wood shop. I am very lucky. Or maybe the
results of the care Janet, gives me!

Reuss Griffiths Loc: Ravenna, Ohio

Thanks for the posting Mark. An excellent way to succinctly demonstrate how fortunate we are. Two additional factors to consider which would further make this distinction would be to compare today vs 50 and 100 yrs ago and the type of government providing (or not) these benefits. It would really point out how fortunate we are to be alive today living in a democracy like the USA, Canada, UK, Europe etc.

Thanks again for the posting.

whlsdn Loc: Colorado

Your list is a welcome reminder. Thanks.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Reuss Griffiths wrote:

Thanks for the posting Mark. An excellent way to succinctly demonstrate how fortunate we are. Two additional factors to consider which would further make this distinction would be to compare today vs 50 and 100 yrs ago and the type of government providing (or not) these benefits. It would really point out how fortunate we are to be alive today living in a democracy like the USA, Canada, UK, Europe etc.

Thanks again for the posting.

Fortunate, indeed!!
Mark

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

whlsdn wrote:

Your list is a welcome reminder. Thanks.

Thanks,
Mark

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

ab7rn wrote:

If I am still alive by the middle of July, I will be 89 years old. I still can walk a mile in 20 minutes and I still work in my wood shop. I am very lucky. Or maybe the
results of the care Janet, gives me!

Mark

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

If there are approximately 7.8-billion people on earth and each person poops one-pound a day, that's 7.8-billion pounds of poop each day. In a year that would be 2,847-trillion pounds of poop a year. Now, add to that all of the animals on earth including the ocean and all of the poop that they contribute and we can all see why things look shitty at times!

Reuss Griffiths Loc: Ravenna, Ohio

sippyjug104 wrote:

If there are approximately 7.8-billion people on earth and each person poops one-pound a day, that's 7.8-billion pounds of poop each day. In a year that would be 2,847-trillion pounds of poop a year. Now, add to that all of the animals on earth including the ocean and all of the poop that they contribute and we can all see why things look shitty at times!

That's one way to look at it but what it represents is nature's original recycling program and by the looks of it more and more things are being recycled into humans. And if that happens here, how fortuante they are.