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How many trees per person will we have in the year 2012?
Current forecast: 60-64 Trees Per Person (31% chance
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Combining all predictions, the current most likely outcome is 60-64 Trees Per Person with a probability of 31% (unchanged in last 1 day)
NASA satellites made possible for Nalini Nadkarni at Evergreen State College in Washington to estimate the number of trees on planet earth. Because they reflect sunshine in particular patterns, it’s possible for biologists to determine coverage and look at numbers. The result? Approximately 400,246,300,201 trees in the world.
But what does that mean? Well, using the latest estimates for our human population, Nadkarni calculated we ‘have‘ roughly 61 trees each. Is that adequate? Hard to say. How many trees do we each ‘use‘ in our lifetime? Just consider your dependence on paper, construction materials, firewood, toothpicks, and so on.
http://talkingscience.org/blogs/2008/11/61-trees/
How many trees per person will we have in the year 2012?
But what does that mean? Well, using the latest estimates for our human population, Nadkarni calculated we ‘have‘ roughly 61 trees each. Is that adequate? Hard to say. How many trees do we each ‘use‘ in our lifetime? Just consider your dependence on paper, construction materials, firewood, toothpicks, and so on.
http://talkingscience.org/blogs/2008/11/61-trees/
How many trees per person will we have in the year 2012?
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Initial likelihoods: Less than 50 Trees Per Person: 8%, 50-54 Trees Per Person: 11%, 55-59 Trees Per Person: 21%, 60-64 Trees Per Person: 34%, 65-69 Trees Per Person: 13%, 69-73 Trees Per Person: 8%, More than 73 Trees Per Person: 5%
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Created Wed 3rd Dec 2008 10:15am PST by growthy
growthy
Suspend date: Fri 30th Dec 2011 11pm PST (2 years to go)
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36 predictions
petefin
predicted 60-64 Trees Per Person (H$20 at 38%)
zempants
predicted 65-69 Trees Per Person (H$50 at 10%)
emmag
predicted 55-59 Trees Per Person (H$20 at 19%)
predicted 65-69 Trees Per Person (H$20 at 10%)
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lcsnor
predicted 50-54 Trees Per Person (H$50 at 9%)
predicted 55-59 Trees Per Person (H$20 at 19%)
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predicted Less than 50 Trees Per Person (H$100 at 8%)
morgie
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php_ini
capt_chaos
bout3fitty
predicted 60-64 Trees Per Person (H$450 at 35%)
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robbr25
predicted 50-54 Trees Per Person (H$20 at 10%)Comments (3)
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