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The problem isn't physically occupying space, it's resource consumption. Humans themselves don't consume much space in total - the entire 2010 population could
by vacri 11y ago
The problem isn't physically occupying space, it's resource consumption. Humans themselves don't consume much space in total - the entire 2010 population could 'stand on zanzibar', as the book title predicted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_on_Zanzibar#Title https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_on_Zanzibar#Title
- cromulent 11y agoYes exactly. The current population would fit into a 1km sided cube. Volume of a human = 67 l [1] Double this for packing errors = 134 l = .134 ㎥ .134 x 7.13 billion = 955,000,000 ㎥ < 1 ㎦ [1] http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=volume+of+a+human+being http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=volume+of+a+human+being