If today is Monday, then earth will be home to approximately 912,000 additional people by Friday. In addition to their CO2 and climate impacts and their need for food, water, jobs, health care, and sanitation, these 912,000 new arrivals require completion of additional schools and classrooms every four days – in a world with insufficient schools and classrooms right now. At this pace, how many new classrooms must we provide every four days? Assume that we can accommodate all the replacement births in existing classrooms. Answer: 36,480 new classrooms every four days (if we can house approximately 25 students in a typical classroom, then dividing 912,000 by 25 = 36,480 new classrooms every four days). Keep in mind that these must be funded, built, finished, supplied, and staffed immediately. Are we prepared to accomplish this same task and fund it with billions in taxes repeatedly over every four day period year after year in the decades just ahead? The need to repeatedly complete so many new classrooms in so short a time has corollary questions, such as: What if they are not built? And: Are they being built? (Femmer, What Every Citizen Should Know About Our Planet,
Posted on: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 10:49:36 +0000
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