Vanity Plate: ZPG-NOW Why: We have 2000 times the human population since Christ walked the earth. So in 2000 years, we have doubled our population 11 times. That is an average of once every 182 years. Today the US population has a doubling rate of 52 years. Due to increasing life expectancies and the average age at breading, an increasing multi-generation life expectancy overlap has developed, so our current replacement ZPG number for each breading couple (not per person) is down to .82 children and slowly falling with health improvements. Draw your own conclusions. I didn't invent the facts. Eleven iterations 2 x 1 = 2 2 x 2 = 4 2 x 4 = 8 2 x 8 = 16 2 x 16 = 32 2 x 32 = 64 2 x 64 = 128 2 x 128 = 256 2 x 256 = 512 2 x 512 = 1024 2 x 1024 = 2048 How many more iterations do you think is appropriate for this finite planet? "Romeo's last wish was to be laid by Juliet." |
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