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On 13/09/2025 05:16, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
On 9/12/25 20:38, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 9/12/2025 8:44 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:-a-a-a-a-aOh some are pretty easy. Temperatures will keep rising unless we >> -a-aencounter a big dust cloud or conversily if we have a lot of small
On 9/12/25 14:14, Lynn McGuire wrote:
xkcd: Biology Department
-a-a-a https://www.xkcd.com/3140/
Grok tells me that humans outmass insects on Earth by two times.-a I >>>>> don't believe it.-a I think that there are way more insects by mass >>>>> than humans.
rCLInsect biomass: Insects are incredibly numerous, with an estimated >>>>> 10,000 trillion (10^19) insects on Earth. Their individual weights
vary widely, but an average insect might weigh around 3 milligrams
(0.003 grams). Multiplying this by the number of insects gives a
global insect biomass of approximately 300 million metric tons
(10^19 insects |u 0.003 grams ree 3 |u 10^14 grams = 300 million tons).rCY
rCLHuman biomass: The global human population is around 8 billion.
Assuming an average human weight of 70 kilograms (70,000 grams),
the total human biomass is about 560 million metric tons (8 billion >>>>> |u 70 kg = 5.6 |u 10^11 kg = 560 million tons).rCY
rCLComparison: Insect biomass (300 million tons) is roughly half that >>>>> of human biomass (560 million tons). So, the ratio of insect mass
to human mass is approximately 0.54:1.rCY
Explained at:
-a-a-a https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/
index.php/3140:_Biology_Department
Lynn
-a-a-a-a-aNow figure in the mammals, fishes in the seas and don't neglect >>>> the arthopods and non-verterbral lives in the sea.-a Do it today
while some are still extant beause soon
enough global warming will make a nice fish and sea weed stew. With
chunks of seal,
dolphin and whales.
-a-a-a-a-aIt won't be good for long though then we will have a killing >>>> stink.
-a-a-a-a-abliss
Predictions are really hard, especially about the future.
Lynn
volcanic
-a-aevents that spew reflective chemicals into the upper atmosphere.
-a-a-a-a-aAnother sure one is nearly everyone now alive will not be in 120 >> years.
-a-a-a-a-aI expect the Earth to roll around to face the sun on the North
American
-a-aContinent for quite some time to come.
-a-a-a-a-aMany old plagues especially childhood diseases will be coming back >> -a-abecause as I feared years ago when people do not see the effects of
illness
-a-aas we did with Polio when I was younger, of smallpox or of chickenpox
-a-awhich can turn into chronic herpes infections, messing up the nerves.
-a-aMumps can mess up the mail reproductive system if puberty has started. >> -a-aAnd Mr.Kennedy Jr. while he made sure his children have their shots-a he >> -a-apreaches against vaccination to the masses.-a He must want to get rid of >> -a-athose folks.
-a-a-a-a-aSame with War when the disabled veterans are quite visiblie to the >> -a-ayouth few have the same ambitions to go and be harmed.
-a-a-a-a-abliss
A one-race America seems to be a goal of the
current administration.
On 9/21/2025 3:54 AM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
On 13/09/2025 05:16, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
On 9/12/25 20:38, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 9/12/2025 8:44 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:-a-a-a-a-aOh some are pretty easy. Temperatures will keep rising unless we >>> -a-aencounter a big dust cloud or conversily if we have a lot of small
On 9/12/25 14:14, Lynn McGuire wrote:
xkcd: Biology Department
-a-a-a https://www.xkcd.com/3140/
Grok tells me that humans outmass insects on Earth by two times. >>>>>> I don't believe it.-a I think that there are way more insects by
mass than humans.
rCLInsect biomass: Insects are incredibly numerous, with an
estimated 10,000 trillion (10^19) insects on Earth. Their
individual weights vary widely, but an average insect might weigh >>>>>> around 3 milligrams (0.003 grams). Multiplying this by the number >>>>>> of insects gives a global insect biomass of approximately 300
million metric tons (10^19 insects |u 0.003 grams ree 3 |u 10^14 grams >>>>>> = 300 million tons).rCY
rCLHuman biomass: The global human population is around 8 billion. >>>>>> Assuming an average human weight of 70 kilograms (70,000 grams),
the total human biomass is about 560 million metric tons (8
billion |u 70 kg = 5.6 |u 10^11 kg = 560 million tons).rCY
rCLComparison: Insect biomass (300 million tons) is roughly half
that of human biomass (560 million tons). So, the ratio of insect >>>>>> mass to human mass is approximately 0.54:1.rCY
Explained at:
-a-a-a https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/
index.php/3140:_Biology_Department
Lynn
-a-a-a-a-aNow figure in the mammals, fishes in the seas and don't
neglect the arthopods and non-verterbral lives in the sea.-a Do it
today while some are still extant beause soon
enough global warming will make a nice fish and sea weed stew. With >>>>> chunks of seal,
dolphin and whales.
-a-a-a-a-aIt won't be good for long though then we will have a killing >>>>> stink.
-a-a-a-a-abliss
Predictions are really hard, especially about the future.
Lynn
volcanic
-a-aevents that spew reflective chemicals into the upper atmosphere.
-a-a-a-a-aAnother sure one is nearly everyone now alive will not be in 120 >>> years.
-a-a-a-a-aI expect the Earth to roll around to face the sun on the North >>> American
-a-aContinent for quite some time to come.
-a-a-a-a-aMany old plagues especially childhood diseases will be coming back
-a-abecause as I feared years ago when people do not see the effects of >>> illness
-a-aas we did with Polio when I was younger, of smallpox or of chickenpox >>> -a-awhich can turn into chronic herpes infections, messing up the nerves. >>> -a-aMumps can mess up the mail reproductive system if puberty has started. >>> -a-aAnd Mr.Kennedy Jr. while he made sure his children have their
shots-a he
-a-apreaches against vaccination to the masses.-a He must want to get
rid of
-a-athose folks.
-a-a-a-a-aSame with War when the disabled veterans are quite visiblie to the
-a-ayouth few have the same ambitions to go and be harmed.
-a-a-a-a-abliss
A one-race America seems to be a goal of the
current administration.
Which half of the War Party are you talking about ?