3. The Earth’s current population =
6.6 BILLION!

4. SURPRISE! You just got a letter in the mail from a lawyer saying that a very rich uncle died and left you a lot of money. But, your uncle had quite a sense of humor and there is a catch to this newfound wealth. In order to receive the money, you must first count it.

5. You will inherit 1 billion dollars.
Count it, 8 hours a day, at a rate of $1 per second.
When you finish counting, the billion is yours to use as you please.

6. No big deal… let’s start counting
$1/second = $60/minute
$3,600/hour = $28,800/day
$10,512,000/year = how many years!?
95.12 YEARS!

7. My garbage collection in only one day, collected on a ten minute walk, over less than half a mile…
-3 plastic bottles -7 plastic bags -2 glass bottles -19 candy wrappers -27 cigarette butts -12 bottle caps My 10 minute walk became 15 minutes.

8. The average human produces 4.4 pounds of garbage a day…
My bag weighs ~1 pound… Garbage production for 1 person per year: 1,606 lbs Assuming lifetime is 85 yrs. : 136,510 lbs