17.3.12

marketing fun facts that will interest no-one other than myself

- by 2030, Germany + Japan will have half of their population over the age of 65, while under 35s will be decreasing in numbers 2x faster than the ageing population will be increasing
- as soon as 2020, Germany will need one million migrants of working age per annum to make up their workforce
- there is a 46% divorce rate in Australia
- 50% of food in developed countries is eaten / prepared outside of the home
- Australia is the second largest cofee consuming nation (second to Italy)
- Australia has the largest population in the world of 1st and 2nd generation migrants
- 0% of a study of 928 peer reviewed science papers on global warming (mostly around the An Inconvenient Truth period) suggested any doubt global warming is occuring + the cause
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- 56% of popular press articles of the time suggested doubt about the cause of global warming
- Earth's ave. temperature is around 15 degrees Celcius - if that rises by 1 degree, 100 000s of species and most likely billions of people will not survive
- 2 degrees change would mean that a quarter of all species will become extinct, while 3 degrees difference will cause 3/5 species to become extinct
- in the past 2 decades, bushfires / wildfires worldwide have increased x20

2 comments:

  1. I found these facts very interesting. Thanks for sharing. Especially the one about coffee consumption! But I also like how it shows another side of you besides fashion

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  2. I loved the facts about Germany! I live here but I'm not German, I'm actually American... and its funny that you say that about the younger people and the older people because honestly, you can see it! I mean, literally see it :) I'm still young, but by 2030.. hahahaa :)

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