Where N is the number of stars in the Milky Way galaxy; fp is the fraction with planets; ne is
the number of planets per star capable of supporting life; fl is the fraction of planets where life evolves; fi is the fraction where intelligent life evolves; and fc is the fraction that communicates; and fL is the fraction of the planet's life during which the communicating civilizations live.
The findings could also modify the famed Drake equation, which estimates the number of civilizations in the Milky Way, by lowering the estimate for the average
number of planets per star that can support life.
Drake multiplied the number of sunlike stars in our galaxy that form each year by a handful of variables: the fraction of those stars that have planets;
the number of planets per planetary system where life could exist; the fraction of habitable planets where life actually arises; the fraction of those where intelligence emerges; the fraction of intelligent species that develop interstellar communication; and finally, the average length of time that those communicating civilizations survive.
Not exact matches
Two are astronomical: the fraction
of stars with
planets and the mean
number of habitable
planets per star.
In the 1960s and 1970s, the global population was growing at an annual rate
of 2
per cent, enough to double the
number of people on the
planet every 30 years or so.
PxSxExC, P is the
number of people on the
planet, S is the services
per person, E is the energy
per service, and C is the carbon
per unit energy.
Each lost
planet means a lost resource
of some sort, and players will have limited chances to manage their fleets as there's a limited
number of deployments
per turn.
Dave Cooke (# 303), +4 C
per doubling is a somewhat higher than usual (but still reasonable)
number that includes feedbacks such as an increasing amount
of atmospheric H2O but also non-greenhouse effects such as a diminshed reflective ice cover on the surface
of the
planet.
n (i) = The sustainable
number of people that can occupy any area of this planet = The Number of people living at per capita energy usage E (i)[N (E (i)-RSB- divided by the number of possible people «allowed» by thermodynamic considerations in that Fermionic state [g (i)
number of people that can occupy any area
of this
planet = The
Number of people living at per capita energy usage E (i)[N (E (i)-RSB- divided by the number of possible people «allowed» by thermodynamic considerations in that Fermionic state [g (i)
Number of people living at
per capita energy usage E (i)[N (E (i)-RSB- divided by the
number of possible people «allowed» by thermodynamic considerations in that Fermionic state [g (i)
number of possible people «allowed» by thermodynamic considerations in that Fermionic state [g (i)-RSB-.
Like so much
of the
planet, Germany has seen its
number of extremely hot days increase across the last several decades, with the
number of days where temps exceeded 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) rising from three
per year to eight.
So if we want to prevent collapse, we need to get our
numbers and
per capita consumption safely within the carrying capacity
of the
planet, and do it before we collapse.
Brighter
Planet's 350 Challenge is inspired by Bill McKibben's awareness campaign about the importance of the number 350, the parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere that we must aim for if we want to keep the planet relatively
Planet's 350 Challenge is inspired by Bill McKibben's awareness campaign about the importance
of the
number 350, the parts
per million
of CO2 in the atmosphere that we must aim for if we want to keep the
planet relatively
planet relatively safe.