Practice set 1: Answers
Practice set 1: Answers
1) 5.2 x 109 metric tons C;
87% increase;
4.7 x 109 metric tons C.
2)
| |Mexico |Nigeria |USA |China |Sweden |
|Current population (millions) |97 |107 |270 |1.2 billion |9 |
|Current growth rate (%) |1.8 |3.0 |0.9 |0.8 |0.5 |
|Current population gain per year |1.75 |3.21 |2.43 |9.6 |.045 |
|(millions) | | | | | |
|Population in 30 years- assuming |166 |260 |353 |1524 (1.524 billion) |10.5 |
|constant % growth rate (millions) | | | | | |
|Doubling time (years) |39 |23 |78 |87.5 |140 |
3) US: 270 million x 0.009 = 2.43 million people added each year
For China to have the same number of people it would need to have a growth rate (G) of: G such that: G x 1.2 billion = 2.43 million
G = 2.43 x 106/ 1.2 x 109 = .002025 or 0.2 %/year
4) Total meat production = 270 x 106 people x 126 kg/person = 3.4 x 1010 kg
3.4 x 1010 kg x 2.2 lb/kg = 7.48 x 1010 lbs
Water needed = 7.48 x 1010 lbs * 2464 gal/lb = 1.84 x 1014 gal
1.84 x 1014 gal x 3.8 liters/gal = 7.0 x 1014 liters
4) U.S. area = 9.41 x 106 km2
10 % of this area = 9.41 x 105 km2 or 9.41 x 1015 cm2
Rainfall on this area accumulates to an average of 70 cm per year so the total rain volume = 9.41 x 1015 cm2 x 70 cm = 6.59 x 1017 cm3 which equals 6.59 x 1014 liters per year.
Interestingly, the total water needed is about the same as the total rainfall on this area. But, they can’t use ALL of the water for meat production. In fact most of it probably runs off into rivers and some of it probably recharges the ground water. So where does all the water come from???? I guess that a lot of it comes from ground water (“water mining”) which is commonly used for farm irrigation. Also not all this meat is grown domestically, some of it is imported. But nonetheless, this problem does point out the heavy environmental cost of a meat-rich diet.
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