3 Billion people

[Fireplace]

Another Bearice thread ends up in chit chat....what a shock

 

[Epic]

Quote from peilthetraveler:

"Neil Armstrong, that spaceman, he went to the moon but he ain't been back. It can't have been that good."

On China ---

I'm not here to say they should be using toilet paper, it's not right. If that's not what they do, that's not what they do. I didn't know that. I didn't think China was going to be like this. I thought it was going to be more... I thought it was where they made the iPod. I think I've got the wrong place. Because this ain't the place where they need an iPod. Have a toilet roll first.

haha... thought the same thing the first time I used a public restroom over there.

 

[Kassz007]

Quote from bearice:

But what about newspapers. They are the biggest waste of papers. Majority of news in newspaper have appeared on TV and internet as live and breaking news. If you try to accomodate world information (old & new) in newspapers then daily newspaper will be 200 or 1000 pages. Endless information is available on the internet, TV, and books.

Print newspapers are all but obsolete. The only people reading newspapers hard copy are old folk who haven't adapted to the online sources.

 

[peilthetraveler]

Quote from bearice:

It is said that 3 billion people survive on $2 per day so there is good possibility that these 3 billion people are illiterate and cannot read and write. If these 3 billion people become literate they will start reading newspapers so millions of more Trees will be chopped/cut down to feed the world daily newspapers. I think the life-span of paper is 5 recycles only.

After 5 recycles the paper cannot be recycled again. Think about it.

I've met people that survive on $2 per day. Most are not illiterate except for maybe some of the old people. They dont have newspapers in towns like that, but they do have internet cafes where people can use the internet for about a penny per minute(more or less). Surprisingly, most also have television sets too.

You really need to get out into the world. Just because you cant live on $2 per day in the US doesnt mean you cant survive somewhere else on that.

 

[nutmeg]

Quote from Kassz007:

The trend is toward a paperless society, no need to worry. Think about it. Virtually everything in my office is now paperless.

Fabulous Fab.

Paperless office. Boyaah!

"Tourre’s lawyers have hired 25 attorneys to review 1 million documents with about 10.5 million pages."

 

[peilthetraveler]

Quote from Epic:

If that was on my street, the council would be sayin', "Get that down. It's a death trap!"

"They keep saying that sea levels are rising an all this. It's nowt to do with the icebergs melting, it's because there's too many fish in it. Get rid of some of the fish and the water will drop. Simple. Basic science."

 

[Epic]

Quote from peilthetraveler:

"They keep saying that sea levels are rising an all this. It's nowt to do with the icebergs melting, it's because there's too many fish in it. Get rid of some of the fish and the water will drop. Simple. Basic science."

"The alright wall of China!"