It may be a small world after all but it is a busy world. The theme for this week’s photo challenge put on by our friends at the Daily Post is EVERYDAY LIFE. The following images were captured on the streets of Downtown Portland, Oregon on a typical Saturday afternoon in late summer.
September 16, 2012 at 11:29 a.m.
World Population
7,066,715,350
So far today…
1,944,345 Blog posts have been written.
141,647,566 Tweets have been sent.
Public Military expenditures
(in U.S. Dollars)
$ 2,232,497,784
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Amount spent on video games
$85,344,313
Solar energy striking the Earth today
1,402,900,862,889(MWh)
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Energy used today 190,465,550 (MWh)
From non-renewable resources 154,276,257
From renewable resources 36,189,293
Barrels of oil pumped today 40,760,131
For more World Statistics go to the Worldometers website.
I recommend this wholeheartedly. It is an eye-opener.
Check out the following for more images of EVERYDAY LIFE from others in this wonderful blogosphere…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Everyday Life (dailypost.wordpress.com)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Everyday Life (hearttoharp.wordpress.com)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Everyday Life (justsnaps.wordpress.com)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Everyday Life (flickrcomments.wordpress.com)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Everyday Life (smkelly8.com)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Everyday Life (charlieray45.wordpress.com)
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Those figures are amazing! I love the way you’ve put the photos together. Brilliant!
I got mesmerized by those figures… watching the numbers grow by the second is mind-boggling… and frightening too!
I’m glad you went to the site Cathy. I didn’t want to bombard anyone with all those numbers but it is important and makes you think and yes it is frightening. Thanks for showing up and caring.
Oh, good heavens, I just made the screen image large enough for me to read and see it is yours! So, is this a new blog? I’ve enjoyed your posts with photo series on the other blog. Now I’ll be able to see more, and read more, which I think is way cool.
Thanks Janet, yes it is me…this blog is more relaxed and I just have fun with it. Lots more of my own photos in this one. For some reason I thought you knew…
I am glad I made the connection. I am enjoying wending my way through this one.
Me too Janet!
I enjoyed this “everyday life” tour of Portland. Thanks for visiting my blog and for the pingback.
Thank you Janet! 🙂
Oh Nancy… this was a fantastic way to meet the challenge. Loved the pictures and adding the stats was purely brilliant!
I’m still stuck….. 😦
Hey Gunta: Thanks. What do you mean stuck? On the link thing? Let me know, we can work on it together somehow. 🙂
Too much going on at the moment while real life intrudes. What I meant was that the theme had me stumped. Just couldn’t come up with a “vision”… or, it could just be that I haven’t had the time to sift through the archives. But thanks for the offer…. 🙂
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Right said – the numbers do make one think..!
Great shots… 😉
Thanks, I appreciate that Drake. 🙂
Astonishing numbers for everyday life! Brilliant for the weekly challenge theme!
Thanks Amy! 🙂 The numbers do make one think…
Perfection ! Love this. 😉
Thanks E! 🙂