The Miniature Earth
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| 02/10/07
Miniature-earth.com is a nice little site about some very interesting statistics. I know, statistics are boring but this is an exception. The Miniature Earth website was first published in 2001, since than it has been seen by more than 2 million people around the globe and linked by more than 20.000 websites.
What would the planet look like if we transmogrified the population of Earth into a small community of 100 people, while maintaining the same proportions we have today? (Well, besides appearing a lot more verdant and unravaged, anyway.)
Just think about it: Although 12 of you would own a PC, only three of that elite group would be hooked up with the necessary Internet connection to even read these words. This global village would have spent $1.2 trillion on military expenditures and only $100 billion on developmental aid. And if you have a bank account, you're one of the 30 wealthiest people in the world.
Thanks to treehugger.com
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