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A good way to grasp huge numbers on a national or global level is to see what they are per person. In this case, 1.9 billion tonnes per 7 billion people is abo
by BurningFrog 4y ago
A good way to grasp huge numbers on a national or global level is to see what they are per person.
In this case, 1.9 billion tonnes per 7 billion people is about 270kg (600 lb) per human
- edflsafoiewq 4y agoUnfortunately I can't grasp the number of humans either.
- DFHippie 4y agoYou can grasp 270kg/600lb, though, right?
- sokoloff 4y agoThink of it as “a car every four years for every person”.
- pencilguin 4y agoOr the same weight of "tin" cans.
- BurningFrog 4y agoThe cool part is that the ungraspable numbers cancel each other out, and you're left with a human scale number.
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- appletrotter 4y agoI think you could understand that that value is only useful in some contexts. It’s like comparing apples and oranges.
- hnuser847 4y agoHonestly, that doesn’t seem like that much. That’s only ~13 large plates at the gym.