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The real question is could all the matter that makes up sugar cubes fit inside a sugar cube? Inquiring minds want to know!

• gizmo 17y ago
  Easily. Assume sugar cubes consist 100% of sugar. Then the question becomes, what has more mass: the world's population or the world's supply of sugar. There definitely isn't enough sugar in the world to give everybody his own weight in sugar (including the sugar that naturally forms in plants / fruit), so there's your answer.
  • sp332 17y ago
    There are 7 Kg / person of sugar produced annually, I think the total amount of sugar on the planet is at least as large as the total amount of people.
    • gizmo 17y ago
      I don't see how that follows. The amount of sugar produced is roughly equal to the demand for sugar -- and as sugar is eaten it immediately decomposes and ceases to be sugar. So there is a fixed surplus of sugar in the world, and that's the only relevant amount. Production and consumption cancel each other out. Assuming the average person weighs 50kg, there has to be a 5 year surplus in order for the surplus per person to be heavier than the person. I consider it highly unlikely we stockpile a 5 year supply of sugar (200+ billion kg) -- especially since there is no incentive to do so.